La Nécropole de l'Age du Bronze de "La Croix de la Mission" à Marolles-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne)

Abstract

The Bronze Age burial ground " La Croix de la Mission " at Marolles-sur-Seine presents a group of 13 ring ditches, 9 burials and 32 cremations of the Late Bronze Age. Two skeletons were dated by Carbon 14 : the first, buried in the central area of the largest ring ditch, confirmed the founding of the necropolis during the Early Bronze Age. The second, buried in the ditch of another of the monuments with a small collection of flint blades and flakes, dates to the Late Bronze Age and corresponds to the last phase of use of the necropolis. The Late Bronze Age cremations can be divided into different categories : cremations with a simple funerary urn or perishable container, complex burials consisting of a funerary urn accompanied by other vessels, or monumental burials. Anthropological studies raise new questions concerning burial rites of this period : recurrent manipulations reveal a wide variety of funerary practices.

The Impact of Cremated Bone Dating on the Archaeological Chronology of the Low Countries

“…The Early Iron Age phase is only represented by 1 dated cremation at the site of Marolles-sur-Seine. Structure 49 was dated to 850-720 [60.5%], 700-530 [34.9%] cal BC (GrA-17939) (Peake et al 2005).…”

Unraveling the Occupation History of the Cremation Cemetery at Wijnegem/Blikstraat (Belgium)

“…The cemetery of Croix-de-Mission at Marolles-sur-Seine shows different phases of use starting in the Early Bronze Age and continuous until the Early Iron Age. In the neighboring necropolis of Croix-Saint-Jacques at Marolles-sur-Seine the cemetery starts in the Early Bronze Age but its main occupation is limited to the Late Bronze Age (Peake and Delattre 2005; Delattre and Peake 2015). The same pattern is visible at the cemetery of Jâlons/La Grande Pâture.…”