Polissoirs by Lailly
The Polissoirs of Lailly ( French Polissoir - German " Wetzrillen ") are located in the north of Lailly in the south of the forest of Lancy ( French Forêt de Lancy ), northeast of Sens , in the extreme north of the Yonne department in France .
Polissoir de la Pierre à l'Eau
The Pierre à l'Eau Polissoir is the westernmost of the three. It is east of the D 110 road, near a small stream south of the Pavillon-de-Lancy. The polissoir stone has five grooves and three shallow natural pools of water. The stone is triangular and measures about 2.0 m by 1.5 m. The Polissoir than since 1922 as a monument historique classified
Polissoir with cuvette
The Polissoir avec Cuvette is about 50 meters east of the Pierre à l'Eau. The second polissoir stone is larger and has a natural basin filled with water and two large, flat grooves in the center.
Polissoir avec Plage
The Polissoir avec Plage is another 40 meters to the east. The small flat stone measures around 2.0 meters by 0.5 meters and has a smooth sickle shape. There are at least three pools of water next to the polissoir, some of which are quite deep and about 20 cm in diameter.
context
The frequency of polissoirs is related to the availability of stones for the manufacture of axes and suitable blocks for polishing. In the Paris Basin and in the circulation area of the Seine-Oise-Marne culture (SOM culture) they are frequently encountered: So were many in the department Aube, Essonne, Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Seine-et-Marne and Yonne found .
By convention, polissoirs are classified as megaliths, although they do not have any of the properties.
literature
- Pierre Glaizal, Jean-Paul Delor: Les polissoirs néolithiques de l'Yonne, Esquisse d'un paysage proto-industriel. Les Amis du vieux Villeneuve, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 1993
- Gabriel de Mortillet: Inventaire des polissoirs neolithiques de France. Bar-sur-Seine, 1927.
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