La tombe du premier âge du Fer de Saint-Martin-de-Colombs à Fabrègues (Hérault)
Abstracts
This seventh century BC tomb was discovered in 1993, in Saint-Martin-of-Colombs at Fabrègues, Herault. Research here allows us to fill a gap in our understanding of Early Iron Age funerary practices in the littoral area of the Eastern Languedoc. The remains of a cremated woman were deposited in the Urn in rough anatomical order. The bone fragments were mixed with bracelets, and the urn closed with a cup. This site provides a rare example of a protohistoric adult in the south of France where we are confident in our recognition of its sex. Consequently, this tomb enhances our understanding of a limited corpus as we are able to confirm the sexual-symbolic value of certain objects.
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Mots-clés :
sépulture à incinération, ossuaire, anthropologie, bracelets en bronze, céramique non tournée, premier âge du Fer, Fabrègues, Montpelliérais, Hérault, Languedoc oriental.Chronologique:
premier âge du FerReferences
Bibliographical reference
Bernard Dedet and Didier PAYA, “La tombe du premier âge du Fer de Saint-Martin-de-Colombs à Fabrègues (Hérault)”, Documents d’archéologie méridionale, 29-30 | 2007, 113-120.
Electronic reference
Bernard Dedet and Didier PAYA, “La tombe du premier âge du Fer de Saint-Martin-de-Colombs à Fabrègues (Hérault)”, Documents d’archéologie méridionale [Online], 29-30 | 2007, Online since 18 September 2013, connection on 08 December 2025. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/dam/1617; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/dam.1617
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