La naissance du monumentalisme funéraire en Europe occidentale : l'apport de la Culture de Cerny

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Supervisors

Cauwe, Nicolas

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en histoire de l'art et archéologie, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée: théories, gestion et sciences de l'archéologie

Abstract

enFor a considerable number of years, the academic community has attempted to pinpoint the origins of the megalithic phenomenon that can be seen on the Atlantic seaboard from the 5th millennium BC onwards. This debate however, far from being outdated, was revived thirty years ago with the discovery of funerary structures presenting “pre-megalithic” features, grouped together in necropolises. These monuments are linked to the Cerny Culture (4700-4300 BC), the last representative of the great Danubian movement in the Paris Basin. In view of the divergent opinions on the subject and the development of hypotheses which tend to seem too hasty, this dissertation presents a discussion on the birth of funerary monumentalism in Western Europe. To this end, a summary of Cerny has been put together, as well as an inventory of the features related to the necropolises. Following numerous comparisons between Passy-type structures and funerary mounds on the fringes of Armorica, it would appear that Lower Normandy could provide new insight on modalities related to the development of funerary monumentalism.