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Supplement 7 - ISSN 2101-3608 - ISBN 978-2-9552594-4-3 - publication date: 2023 - number of pages: 404 - number of papers: 23 - price: 30 euros |
ARCHEOLOGY OF MEROVINGIAN CEMETERIES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Directed by Cyrille LE FORESTIER
The Early Middle Ages, and more specifically the Merovingian period, are marked by changes in society which begin at the end of the Roman period. Whether influenced by political institutions, the economic system or religion, funerary practices evolve between the 4th and the 8th century. Within graves, the funerary structure, grave goods, the way death is envisaged and bone remains are relevant markers for understanding this transformation in society.
Designed as a collective research project and launched in 2014, "Archaeology of Merovingian cemeteries in the Ile-de-France" brought together numerous regional archaeologists until 2020. The research programme’s purpose was firstly to compile, within a Geographic Information System, spatial and attribute data from excavations carried out between the first half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 21st century, initially by local amateurs and latterly by archaeological contractors. A detailed inventory of 452 sites, published as a project report in 2016, has provided the basis for numerous regional funerary archaeology research projects.
The second purpose was to bring together contributions from specialists in early medieval funerary archaeology covering subjects as varied as the history of this field of research, the National Museum of Archaeology collections, the typology of funerary practices, epitaphs and gravestones, bone treatment, looting, copper alloy and pottery artefacts, paleopathology and paleo-demography. The publication includes 7 articles which look at particular funerary assemblages from Bonneuil-en-France, Frépillon, Saint-Pathus, Lagny, Noisy-le-Grand, Saint-Denis and Vicq, the majority recently excavated..
CONTENTS
Stéphane DESCHAMPS, Patrick PÉRIN
FOREWORD
PART 1 – FIELD OF RESEARCH
Françoise VALLET, Fanny HAMONIC
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHEOLOGY AND MEROVINGIAN ARCHEOLOGY
Lény ROINNÉ
POSSIBLE LINES OF RESEARCH FOR A HISTORY OF THE PERCEPTION
OF MEROVINGIAN BURIALS AND ARTEFACTS IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
from the Ancien Régime to the present day
PART 2 – CEMETERIES
Cyrille LE FORESTIER
ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEROVINGIAN CEMETERIES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
a collective research project
Anaïs LEBRUN, Cyrille BEN KADDOUR, Vanessa BRUNET, Frédéric BOURSIER
DISPERSED BURIALS AND HUMAN DEPOSITS IN AN EARLY MEDIEVAL RURAL CONTEXT:
the "Aéroport du Bourget" site at Bonneuil-en-France (Val-d’Oise)
Anaïs LEBRUN, Cyrille BEN KADDOUR
MULTIPLE BURIAL AREAS IN AN EARLY MEDIEVAL RURAL CONTEXT:
the "ZAC des Épineaux" site at Frépillon (Val-d’Oise)
Aurélie MAYER, Anaïs LEBRUN
BURIAL PRACTICE AND ORGANISATION DURING THE MEROVINGIAN PERIOD:
Saint-Pathus (Seine-et-Marne)
Isabelle ABADIE
CONSIDERATIONS ON MEROVINGIAN RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
Excavation of Saint-Rieul church in Louvres (Val-d’Oise)
Laure PECQUEUR, Camille COLONNA, Jean SOULAT
THE 5th- TO 8th-CENTURY CEMETERY AT SAINT-DENIS-DU-PORT
IN LAGNY-SUR-MARNE (SEINE-ET-MARNE)
Cyrille LE FORESTIER
SUMMING UP 10 YEARS OF EXCAVATION IN THE TOWN CENTRE:
The "Mastraits" Early Medieval cemetery at Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Patrick PÉRIN in the name of Saint-Denis’team
MEROVINGIAN GRAVES IN THE SAINT DENIS BASILICA:
recent interdisciplinary research
Laure PECQUEUR, Jean SOULAT
THE VICQ CEMETERY (YVELINES)
PART 3 – FUNERARY STRUCTURES
Cyrille LE FORESTIER, Ivan LAFARGE
EARLY MEDIEVAL FUNERARY STRUCTURES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Stéphane ARDOUIN
EPITAPHS AND STELES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE FROM THE 4th TO THE 8th CENTURY
PART 4 – MANIPULATIONS
Micheline KÉRIEN, Valérie DELATTRE
READING AND INTERPRETING SECONDARY DEPOSITS
IN EARLY MEDIEVAL BURIAL CONTEXTS IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Astrid A. NOTERMAN, Laure PECQUEUR
REOPENED MEROVINGIAN GRAVES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
the question of looting
PART 5 – artefacts
Jean SOULAT
METAL ARTEFACTS FROM 12 ÎLE-DE-FRANCE CEMETERIES:
A first chronological typology
Anicet KONOPKA
MEROVINGIAN POTTERY FROM BURIAL CONTEXTS IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
The state of research
Clara BLANCHARD
THE QUESTION OF GENDER IN MEROVINGIAN CEMETERIES IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
introduction and methodology
PART 6 – POPULATION
Djillali HADJOUIS
DISEASE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS DURING THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES PERIOD
IN THE VAL-DE-MARNE
Valérie DELATTRE
OBSERVING DISABILITY DURING THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES PERIOD IN THE ÎLE-DE-FRANCE:
establishing a collective methodological approach
Isabelle SÉGUY
PALAEODEMOGRAPHY
Cyrille LE FORESTIER
CONCLUSION
