Chasséen culture

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Chasséen culture
Geographical range
Seine-Oise-Marne culture, Véraza culture in southern Languedoc, Treilles culture [fr] in the Causses, Ferrières culture in eastern Languedoc, and La Couronne culture [fr
] in Provence
See also: de:Chassey-Lagozza-Cortaillod-Kultur
Stele de Lauris, 4th millennium BC [1][2]

Chasséen culture is the name given to the

prehistoric France of the late Neolithic, which dates to roughly between 4500 BC and 3500 BC. The name "Chasséen" derives from the type site near Chassey-le-Camp (Saône-et-Loire
).

It covered an area roughly corresponding with the actual French regions of Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The septentrional Chasséen culture spread throughout the plains and plateaux of France, including the Seine basin and the upper Loire valleys, and extended to the present-day départments of Haute-Saône, Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Pas-de-Calais, and Eure-et-Loir. Excavations at Bercy (in Paris) have revealed a Chasséen village (4000 BC - 3800 BC) on the right bank of the Seine; artifacts include wood canoes, pottery, bows and arrows, and wood and stone tools.

Chasséens were sedentary farmers (

oxen, pigs). They lived in huts organized into small villages (100-400 people). Their pottery was a little decorated. They had no metal technology (which appeared later) but mastered the use of flint
.

By roughly 3500 BC, the Chasséen culture in France gave way to the late Neolithic transitional

Seine-Oise-Marne culture (3100BC - 2000 BC) in Northern France and to a series of archaeological cultures in Southern France
.

Timeline

Genetic profile

An article published in 2020 provided the genetic results of several individuals buried in the Le Crès site (Béziers), ZAC Agora site (Cugnaux), and La Terrasse site (Villeneuve-Tolosane), three males had Y-chromosome haplogroup I2a1a2, where other three males had I1a2b4~, I2 and I2a1b1a2b1a2a2b1b1.[3] From the Champ du Poste necropolis (Carcassonne), three individuals were genetically characterized, and the two Y-chromosome haplogroups found were different: G2a2a1a2a1 and H2m.[4]

Gallery

  • Stone stele
    Stone stele
  • Rocher des Doms stele
    Rocher des Doms stele
  • Ceramic
    Ceramic
  • Polished stone axes
    Polished stone axes
  • Ceramic jug, 4th millennium BC
    Ceramic jug, 4th millennium BC

Notes

  1. doi:10.3406/bspf.2015.14599
    . Provence stelae with chevron ornamentation are relatively well dated. They have always been dated to the Middle Neolithic, and more exactly to the Late Chasséen.
  2. ISBN 978-0-06-250356-5
    . The Owl Goddess of western Europe appears in many variations on an unwavering theme; on this stone stele her face is surrounded by a squared-off border of opposed chevrons. Late Neolithic of Provence, Final Chassean culture (Lauris-Purvert, Bouches-de-Rhone, s. France; c. end of 4th mill. BC. H. 30.1 cm
  3. PMC 7293694
    .
  4. PMID 36405775
    .

See also
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