French archaeologists have discovered a horseshoe-shaped building from the Neolithic period during excavations in Merliens. It is an ancient necropolis.
This is stated in a study by the National Institute of Archaeological Research of France.
The monument consists of three interconnected fences. In the center of the monument was a round fence with a diameter of 11 meters. From the north, an 8-meter-long horseshoe-shaped fence is connected to the round fence, and from the south, an open fence is attached to the central fence. A layer of gravel observed in the fill of the two side enclosures indicates the presence of a palisade. Artifacts found in the ditches prove that they belong to the Neolithic period. For greater accuracy, radiocarbon analyzes are being conducted to clarify the date of this monument.
Between 1500 BC and 1300 BC, a necropolis of five circular enclosures, consisting of four open enclosures and one closed enclosure, was located on the plain on an area of 6000 m². The acidity of the soil did not allow preserving the unburned bones, so a complete burial was not discovered, but the remains of burials and a funeral pyre were found in the pits of the most open enclosure with a diameter of 24 m. Jewelry and ceramic shards were found in the burial.
Earlier, Apostrophe wrote that the ruins of an ancient pagan temple were discovered near Rome.