General view of the site at the start of the excavation.Credit: Sylvain Barbier, Inrap
Posted on 01/24/2025 5:07:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The Neolithic period along the Mediterranean coastline represents a transformative chapter in human history: transitioning from a nomadic lifestyle to a sedentary one, characterized by agriculture and livestock farming. Just as its name suggests, in the Early Cardial period -- around 5800 BCE -- the period is characterized by pottery decorated with impressions made using the serrated edges of Cardial shells. This 'cultural current,' believed to have originated in Anatolia, spread rapidly across the coasts of Greece, southern Italy, and eventually into southern France.
The importance of the settlement at Cavalaire-sur-Mer is that it is the second known site of this period in France. Similarities to earlier finds in Greece, Slovenia, and central Italy confirm that the original impetus for this cultural diffusion came from the east and that it played a very significant part in the introduction of agro-pastoral economies into Europe.
Beneath a four-meter layer of alluvial deposits in a small coastal valley, archaeologists found a building that dated from the Early Cardial period. Its position, 1.3 meters beneath Middle Neolithic occupation layers dated to ca. 4800 BCE, confirmed its age. The building had two parallel stone walls and a small apse, now badly eroded. The area measured approximately 7 by 5 meters, and the walls were reinforced with a mixture of raw earth and gravel, resulting in dense diagnostic sediment.
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General view of the site at the start of the excavation.Credit: Sylvain Barbier, Inrap
Nice!
Thanks!
Pronounced ‘neece!’ :)
Did they find the casino yet?
One can bet on the paleos to seek out the good weather.
I’ve never seen a photo of an archeological dig site with heavy equipment before.
“Nice!”
I see what you did there! More accurately, I Cannes see what you did there.
At least it did not get further destroyed by German artillery when the 36th division (T) landed in ‘44.
Picasso i can!
Never seen any Time Team episodes, eh?
Heh heh... I’m taking credit for that, despite not realizing it at the time...
Heh heh... and of all people, I missed it at the time. :^)
And, I had a niece do some of her college study *on* the Riviera.
That would be a good deal. /rs
Plus the nude beaches. Which were just beaches at that time. :^)
Have archaeologists dated the invention of the loin cloth?
Perspiring minds want to know.
:^)
No, we don't have television.
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