Late Bronze Age graves with weighing equipment from eastern France: the example of Migennes »Le Petit Moulin« (dep. Yonne), burial no. 298

Abstract

Late Bronze Age graves with weighing equipment from eastern France: the example of Migennes »Le Petit Moulin« (dep. Yonne), burial no. 298

The necropolis of Migennes (Burgundy) consisting of 60 graves, yields exceptional archaeological material from the Late Bronze Age (Bronze D). One of the graves (burial no. 298) provided a small »box« with a set of weighing equipment inside (balance beam and weights), in association with metallurgists tools. This kind of deposit is well-known in the south-eastern Parisian Basin, within privileged burials.