Friday, August 10, 2018

The Celtic Chariot Burials at Attichy

In 2009, French archaeologists were exploring the site of a new gravel mine when they uncovered a Gallic cemetery dating to the third century BC. Twelve graves were found and excavated: six adults, five children, and one cremation.

Most spectacular were two chariot burials (top and above), both men buried with swords.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out much about this site, since there are as yet no scholarly publications and on its web site INRAP has, instead of text I could read, a video in which people speak French too rapidly for me to follow. Here's a picture from the video; notice how the upper parts of the two iron wheel rims were broken off by the plow and lost.

Another of the adult graves.

And a child. A spectacular site.
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G. Verloren said...

"Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out much about this site, since there are as yet no scholarly publications and on its web site INRAP has, instead of text I could read, a video in which people speak French too rapidly for me to follow."

It's worth nothing the link you provided has contact information. I'd personally recommend considering sending an e-mail to inquire further, even despite the language barrier. It might achieve nothing, but that's no different than not inquiring, so what have you got to lose? Odds are probably decent that they can either respond directly to your inquiry, or direct you to someone else who can help.

And if they open up their in-box, see an indecipherable message in English they can't read, and stare at it with that look on their eyes of "...qua?", there's no harm done, it just goes unread or deleted or whatever and you're back to where you started. But the French in general are pretty good about being to pick through English even if they don't speak it, particularly if they're intellectuals and academics. I'd honestly be surprised if you don't get some sort of good-natured and well intentioned reply in short order.

August 10, 2018 at 11:04 PM
Anonymous said...

I am sure almost 99% french working for INRAP understand, read, and speak english.... As do most educated europeans. And a high proportion has knowledge in another language. N13

August 11, 2018 at 3:25 AM

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