L'habitat campaniforme de La Noue à Saint-Marcel (Saône-et-Loire) : Eléments de définition du groupe bourguignon-jurassien

Abstract

The Bell Beaker settlement site of La Noue, discovered in 1992 during rescue excavations, considerably renews knowledge on this period in the eastern part of the Burgundy region, as well contributing to the general question of Bell Beakers in a domestic context. The spatial distribution of archaeological remains revealed several units, including two complete houses and a probable granary. The latter structure was built on wooden uprights, while the houses seem to have been built on horizontal beams, a form of architecture adapted to local damp conditions. The settlement produced a large quantity of pottery and a small lithic assemblage dominated by end scrapers and splintered pieces. Decoration patterns on vessels, mainly comb-impressed, are typical of the Burgundy region (horizontal lines, hatched bands, ladder motifs, chevrons). Coarse ware is characterized by types widely found in Europe (undecorated jars or jars with a cordon below the rim), as well as by central European types (jugs and flagons, polypod bowls, vessels with horizontal lugs). While flint raw materials were collected locally, clay analyses reveal that a significant number of vessels come from the right bank of the river Saône. Together with the sites of Noir Bois and Champ-Vully in Switzerland and Derrière le Château in the Ain region, La Noue provides a representative group of finds for the Burgundy-Jura Bell Beaker group. Comparative analysis shows that La Noue occupies an intermediate position between Noir Bois, heavily influenced by central Europe, and Derrière le Château, related more to the Mediterranean. Translated by M. Illet and M. Vanhaeren

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