Le Petit-Chasseur
Le Petit Chasseur is the name of a
. Discovered in 1961, it consists of three dolmen, dated to between 2900 and 2200 BC. It is associated with the Saône-Rhône culture, part of the local late Chalcolithic phase (éolithique final valasian). The younger parts of the site are associated with theBell Beaker
horizon, including a cemetery with the remains of about 90 individuals (Dolmen M XII).
Archaeological findings
Archaeologists found six aligned standing stones in La Petit, in July 2019. These standing stones were found accidentally during the construction work of a residential building, in the same area where 30 such stones and the dolmens were found in 1960.[1]
“This discovery is of prime importance to help us understand social rituals at the end of the canton of Valais. According to the press release, a number of stones were noticed to have been intentionally broken.[2]
Three of the standing stones were carved with markings. The largest of the stones assumed to be a male figure wearing geometrically decorated clothes with a sun-like motif around his face is about two tonnes.[3]
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References
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- ^ HeritageDaily (26 July 2019). "Archaeologists uncover alignment of six stelae standing stones". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I.; Corporation, a branch of the Swiss Broadcasting. "Standing stones uncovered near important archaeological site". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Archéologie – Sion, capitale des mégalithes - Découverte d'un alignement de stèles à l'avenue du Petit-Chasseur". www.vs.ch. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- Die Schweiz vom Paläolithikum bis zum frühen Mittelalter. Vom Neandertaler bis zu Karl dem Grossen. Band 2: Werner E. Stöckli u. a. (Hrsg.): Neolithikum. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Basel 1995, ISBN 3-908006-51-1.
- Harrison R., Heyd V., "The transformation of Europe in the third millennium BC: The example of 'Le Petit Chasseur I & III' (Sion, Valais, Switzerland)", Prähistorische Zeitschrift 82 (2007), 129–214.
