L'analyse spatiale des nécropoles révisitée. L’exemple de la nécropole de l’âge du Fer final et du début de l’époque gallo-romaine de Lamadelaine (Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) Les nécropoles sont rarement caractérisées par des implantations et des distribu

L’exemple de la nécropole de l’âge du Fer final et du début de l’époque gallo-romaine de Lamadelaine (Grand-Duché de Luxembourg) Les nécropoles sont rarement caractérisées par des implantations et des distribu

  • Jean Bourgeois (Author)
  • Eline Deweirdt (Author)
  • Philippe De Maeyer (Author)
  • Christophe Petit (Author)
  • Patrice Méniel (Author)
  • Jeannot Metzler (Author)

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Abstract

The spatial analysis of cemeteries revisited

The example of the Late Iron Age and Early Gallo-Roman cemetery of Lamadelaine (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) Cemeteries are rarely characterised by arbitrary implantations and distributions of the funerary features. The burials themselves are, in general, distinguished by instant-formation and often undamaged artefacts, deposited intentionally. As a consequence, this type of archaeological site is most suitable for quantitative and spatial analyses allowing for more information on the spatial organisation, the chronology and the social-economic aspects of the cemetery. This paper evaluates the principal methods of intra-site spatial analysis adapted to cemeteries on the basis of the data of the protohistoric and Gallo-Roman cemetery of Lamadelaine and proposes a new interpretation on the spatial organisation of this cemetery of the oppidum of the Titelberg.

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Published
2022-09-09
Language
fr
Contributor or sponsoring agency
RGZM
Keywords
Luxembourg, Late La Tène period, seriation, spatial analysis, quantitative analysis