Le Rozel

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Le Rozel
Le Rozel coat of arms
Le Rozel (France)
Le Rozel
region Normandy
Department Some
Arrondissement Cherbourg
Canton Les Pieux
Community association Cotentine
Coordinates 49 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 50 ′  W
height 0-102 m
surface 5.52 km 2
Residents 252 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 50340
INSEE code 50442

View of Le Rozel
The paleontological archaeological site on the beach of Le Rozel

Le Rozel is a commune in the department of Manche in the region of Normandy . The inhabitants call themselves Les Rozelais .

Toponymy

Le Rozel is derived from the Germanic out (which means reed) and the Latin Anwesenheitsnachsilbe -ellus from. So Le Rozel is a place where reeds grow. See red next to Caen , which is also of Germanic origin and also means reed.

geography

The municipality is located on the Cotentin peninsula , on the English Channel coast .

Adjacent municipalities are:

Le Rozel is located in the Armorican massif . The Cape of Le Rozel (the locally Pou du Rozel is known) are slates and sandstones from the Cambrian found.

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church. It houses a virgin and child, a saint Liévin from the 14th century, as well as three paintings from the 17th century, which are listed as objects.
  • Cléville manor from the 15th century, inscribed on the list of historical monuments.
  • Le Rozel castle from the 18th century, included in the list of historical monuments.
  • Cape of Le Rozel ( Pou du Rozel ).

Paleontological research

On the edge of the place there is an archaeological and paleontological research facility, which has been known since 1960; Back then, an amateur archaeologist discovered stone tools and accumulations of fossil bones in the dunes . The first trial excavation took place in 1969, but it was not until 2012 that the site was systematically explored under the direction of Dominique Cliquet from the Musée d'Art, Histoire et Archéologie d'Evreux . Since then, in annual excavation campaigns, six find horizons from the time between 110,000 and 20,000 years ago have been identified and more than 20,000 artifacts and animal bones have been recovered on an excavation area of approximately 100 × 50 meters .

The most important find is a group of at least 257 fossil footprints that are around 70,000 years old, as well as eight handprints left by 10 to 13 mostly very young and adolescent Neanderthals , some of which are believed to have come from light shoes. Such an accumulation of Neanderthal traces is unique worldwide; the smallest imprint is about eleven centimeters long and is attributed to a child who is around two years old, the largest is 28 centimeters long and should have been made by a tall adult man. The numerous bone finds were reconstructed as the remains of boned hunting prey.

gallery

  • The beach at Le Rozel

  • Église Saint-Pierre du Rozel

  • Château du Rozel

  • Palm trees in Le Rozel

supporting documents

Official sources

  • Altitudes  : repertoire geographique des communes.
  • Coordonnées, superficie  : IGN.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ René Lepelley. Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie . Presses universitaires de Caen . Page 211. ISBN 2-905461-80-2
  2. ↑ Guide geologique Normandie Maine. Editions DUNOD. 2nd Edition. Page 91. ISBN 2-10-050695-1
  3. ↑ Œuvres mobilières à Le Rozel in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Manoir de Cléville in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
  5. ^ Domaine du château du Rozel in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
  6. ^ Norbert Mercier et al .: Dating the palaeolithic footprints of 'Le Rozel' (Normandy, France). In: Quaternary Geochronology. Volume 49, 2019, pp. 271-277, doi: 10.1016 / j.quageo.2017.12.005
  7. ↑ Sur les pas de Neandertal au Rozel, Manche. Société Amicale des Géologues Amateurs: Saga Information. No. 362, January / February 2018
  8. ↑ Dominique Cliquet: Quand les néandertaliens vivaient au rozel, il ya 110,000 ans. In: Archéologie en Basse-Normandie. No. 1, 2012
  9. ↑ Jérémy Duveau, Gilles Berillon, Christine Verna, Gilles Laisné and Dominique Cliquet: The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France). In: PNAS. Online advance publication of September 9, 2019, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1901789116
    Neanderthal footprints and social structure. On: popular-archaeology.com from September 9, 2019. A
    rich child's blessing and a giant. On: welt.de from September 10, 2019
  10. ↑ Brigitte van Vliet-Lanoë et al .: L'abri sous-roche du Rozel (France, Manche): un habitat de la phase récente du Paléolithique moyen dans son contexte géomorphologique. In: Quaternaire. Volume 17, No. 3, 2006, pp. 207-258.
    Almost 260 fossil footprints: A treasure trove of traces gives an insight into the life of the Neanderthals. On: NZZ.ch from September 11, 2019.
  11. ↑ Site de l'IGN ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / professionnels.ign.fr
  12. ↑ Le Rozel sur le site de l'Institut geographique national . (archive Wikiwix)