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Late Mesolithic social organisation from Téviec (Morbihan, France) burial grounds

Éva David

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For what concerns the Téviec graves (Morbihan, France), the reconstruction of the burial process is not available yet by means of recent methodology. However, the tooth, bone and antler industry yielded by Téviec burial grounds may serve as a reliable material for reconstructing Late Mesolithic social organisation. Indeed, 19 pieces have recently been recognized as belonging surely to the bone industry yielded by the Mesolithic burials solely. These burials have been used during ca. 400 years long (Meiklejohn et al. 2010). Amongst the tools and objects made of tooth, bone and antler, the long bone points represent the most common tool-type. Its distribution shows that each point can be associated with a single body and that, contrary to what Péquart published, all the points, at least from what has been seen from the Carnac Museum, where engraved (11 versus only 3 for Péquart 1929 & 1937). Study of them leads us to reconsider the original component of the grave when the body was buried : pin bone point buried attached to the body versus other deposited artefacts (David, forthcoming). Moreover, the pairing of elements yielded by the revisiting of the “King children grave” allows us to emphasize the special status of some of the youth. Taking into account the other objects found into the graves concerned here, together with the chronology of the burials and the long lasting of the burials into a (expected) single tradition, these new data enable reconstructing Late Mesolithic social organisation from the Téviec material. Péquart, M. and Péquart, S.-J. 1929. La nécropole mésolithique de Téviec (Morbihan). Nouvelles découvertes. L’Anthropologie XXXIX, 373–400. Péquart, M. and Péquart, S.-J., with contributions of Boule, M. and Vallois, H. 1937. Téviec, station-nécropole du Mésolithique du Morbihan. Paris, Masson (Archives de l’Institut de Paléontologie Humaine Mémoire 18). Meiklejohn, Ch.; Bosset, G.; Valentin, F. 2010. Radiocarbon dating of Mesolithic human remains in France. Mesolithic Miscellany 21, 1, 10–56.

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Cite hal-01548531 Chapitre d'ouvrage Éva David. The Bone Pins from Téviec (Morbihan, France) Illuminate Mesolithic Social Organization. Mesolithic Burials - Rites, Symbols and Social Organisation of Early Postglacial Communities, II, J.M. Grünberg, B. Gramsch, L. Larsson, J. Orschiedt, H. Meller, pp.609-628, 2017, Tagungen Des Landesmuseums Für Vorgeschichte Halle, 978-3-944507-43-9. ⟨hal-01548531⟩

Étude d’objets du MAN et du musée de Carnac par Éva David
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halshs-03922682 , version 1 (04-01-2023)

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Éva David. Late Mesolithic social organisation from Téviec (Morbihan, France) burial grounds. Mesolithic burials of Early Potstglacial communities, J.M. Grünberg, Sep 2013, Halle, Germany. pp.609-628. ⟨halshs-03922682⟩
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