Dugout canoes in the Musée Carnavalet
The dugout canoes in the Musée Carnavalet come from the Bercy district in Paris . You are in the Musée Carnavalet , which is dedicated to the city's history from its origins to the present.
During archaeological excavations in Bercy, in the 47th district in the east of Paris, ten dugouts were found in 1991/92 during construction work southeast of the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on the site of the former wine warehouse in Bercy, some of them as fragments. The Rue des Pirogues-de-Bercy was named after them.
The prehistoric boats lay under a 15 m thick alluvial layer. The two most complete are P06 (Pirogue 6) from the Cerny culture from 4800-4300 BC. BC, specific to the Seine and Marne , and P03 (Pirogue 3) from 2700 BC. BC, which is 5.35 m long and 0.9 m wide.
They were used by Neolithic fishermen who settled on the right bank of the Seine between the river bed and a side canal.
- Dugout canoes in the Musée Carnavalet
Fragments of the dugout canoe P02
Dugout P03
Dugout P06
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See also
literature
- Béat Arnold: Pirogues monoxyles d'Europe centrale, construction, typologie, évolution. In: Archéologie neuchâteloise , 20/21 (1995).
- Philippe Marquis: Les pirogues néolithiques de Bercy -Exposition à la mairie du XIIe arrondissement -fouilles archéologiques de 1991–1992
