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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tumulus du Péré - Chambered Tomb in France in Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79)

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tumulus du Péré Alternative Name: Tumulus de Pairé
Country: France Département: Poitou:Deux-Sèvres (79) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Niort  Nearest Village: Prissé-la-Charrière
Latitude: 46.149100N  Longitude: 0.5309W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
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2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Tumulus du Péré submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus du Péré (4450 to 4000 BC) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Neolithic long barrow with tumulus 100 x 20 meters, dating from 4450 to 4000 BC.

Recent excavations by Roger Joussaume, Luc Laporte and Chris Scarre have recently unearthed a burial chamber, offering a great chance for the archaeologists to find out more about funeral practices of the Neolithic era.


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Tumulus du Péré submitted by neolithique02 : Tumulus du Péré (4450 to 4000 BC) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Tumulus de Pairé by Anonymous on Sunday, 18 March 2012
It is also referred to as "Tumulus de Pairé"
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A DVD exploring the Tumulus de Péré by neolithique02 on Saturday, 17 March 2012
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It was almost 6.500 years ago when our Neolithic ancestors began burying their dead and placing them in the centre of imposing monuments, known today as burial mounds. Roger Joussaume, Luc Laporte and Chris Scarre are the archaeologists who over the last 12 years have been in charge of the excavations of the tomb of Péré, situated in the region of Deux-Sèvres, in central-western France.

A burial chamber was recently unearthed, a great chance for the archaeologists to find out more about funeral practices of the Neolithic era. In this DVD, archaeologists, engineers, and computer scientists share their views from the excavation site or the laboratory in order to explain every step of this discovery.

Link to the DVD :
http://videotheque.cnrs.fr/index.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=1789
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Re: Tumulus de Pairé by neolithique02 on Saturday, 17 March 2012
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The right name is "Tumulus du Péré" [4450 to 4000 BC], the tumulus is 100x20 meters where archeologist are still working.

If you understand french, there is an excellent DVD called "une chambre a fouiller" presenting the job of archeologists on the site.

More informations on :
http://www2.cnrs.fr/presse/journal/1618.htm
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