Les tombes protohistoriques de Gros-Ped, Les Arcs-sur-Argens (Var)

Abstract

The accidental discovery of two cremations burial places in the central Var department has revived the knowledge of the funeral practices of the Early Iron Age in this region. The well-preserved burial places are presented in their structural lay-out (in plain earth, whitout any particular protection or marking) and ritual arrangement (bones collected from the pyre, relation to the personal objects of the deceased, accompanying offerings or libations). Besides pottery, part of which is finely decorated, some metal or bone objects (ornaments, arms, plaques) strike us because of their technical quality and their close relation to the products of the Hallstatt cultures in the Northern Alps. Lastly, a built-up ustrinum has been excavated. The burial places can be to dated to the VIth c. ; the cremation area, however, is somewhat more recent (between the end of the VIth and the end of the Vth c. B.C.).

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