Camp du Lizo

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The Camp du Lizo near Carnac in the Morbihan department in Brittany in France is a hilltop settlement . It was built at the end of the Bronze Age and is the only one in the region to be explored. The camp, located on a plateau above the Crac'h River , northeast of Carnac, was investigated between 1923 and 1926 by Zacharie Le Rouzic (1864–1939).

description

A raised area of ​​around 200 by 155 m, rounded on the river side, is protected by sloping earth walls, which are occasionally reinforced with stones. A wide entrance runs between them. In exposed places, the innermost wall on the plateau is eight meters thick and up to three meters high. On the inside, a wall supports the steep slope. Inside the ramparts were the bases of round or semicircular huts made of large stone blocks. Often the huts inside were divided into several rooms. Large kilns made of plates with ventilation ducts were found. The Camp du Lizo was divided by a pile of earth. An allée couverte is roughly in the middle . Several shallow cairns nearby were filled with herds and small stone boxesMistake. In addition to coarser ceramics , which is typical of the so-called "secondary Neolithic culture" , numerous shards were recovered, especially in the dolmen , including some from bell beakers . In addition, there were 50 arrowheads as well as devices and hatchets made of flint, a copper hatchet , remains of an ax and simple hand mills , which are exhibited in the Museum of Carnac.

There are only slight traces of living space from the prehistoric times of Brittany. Perhaps other camps that are classified as belonging to the Gallo-Roman era can be assigned to prehistoric times on closer examination. Only from Peu-Richard in the Charente-Maritime department is there a ceramic that is Neolithic. The large number of stone monuments suggests a strong settlement in the region, but the Breton natives, like those of other megalithic cultures , never seem to have thought of transferring the construction techniques of the monuments to secular settlement.

use

The great menhir of Lost Marc'h

The residents of the camp cultivated flax , barley , millet and wheat , using primitive plows with stone tips and hooks. In addition, there was cattle, pig and sheep farming. Multiple rampart camps designed by P.-R. Giot were classified in the Iron Age and are also known as oppidum , are scattered across Brittany:

Some are located on impassable coasts and offer a barrier to the hinterland . Because of their impassability, they are also thought to be refuge.

See also

literature

  • Yannick Lecerf: Une nouvelle intervention archéologique au Camp du Lizo en Carnac (Morbihan). Les sondages de 1982 ont précisé les données sur le retranchement neolithique. In: Revue archéologique de l'Ouest No. 3, 1985, ISSN  0767-709X , pp. 47-58.
  • Zacharie Le Rouzic : Premiéres fouilles au Camp du Lizo (Commune de Carnac, Morbihan) In: Revue Archéologique Sixième Série, T. 2 (1933), pp. 189-219

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Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '26 "  N , 3 ° 2' 7"  W.