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An unusual prehistoric monument made up of three interlocking circles
Archaeologists from Inrap conducted an excavation in Marliens, about twenty kilometers east of Dijon (France), before the expansion of a gravel pit in the Ouche Valley, a tributary of the Saone River. The three excavated areas, covering a total area of 60,000 m², yielded a series of occupations rang
Archaeologists from Inrap conducted an excavation in Marliens, about twenty kilometers east of Dijon (France), before the expansion of a gravel pit in the Ouche Valley, a tributary of the Saone River. Credit: Pauline Rostollan / INRAP The occupation during the Early Bronze Age is characterized by the presence of several pits, which are the only evidence remaining of settlements from this period. Palynological and carpological analyses of the clay layers at the bottom of these structures provide abundant information about the natural environment and landscape of the valley in the first half of the second millennium BCE.
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