Un crane perforé à Niord (Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, Gironde)

Patrice Courtaud (1) , Élisabeth Rousseau (2) , Henri Duday (1) , Christophe Sireix (3)

1 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
2 UBM - Université Bordeaux Montaigne
3 CAP - Centre Archéologie Préventive de Bordeaux Métropole

In the 1980s, the archaeological diagnostic carried out on the edge of the hillfort of Niord at Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, confirmed the presence of several occupation sequences dated of the Early Iron Age and early 2^nd century BC. Excavated levels of a few square meters revealed among fauna and others remains a human frontal bone intentionally perforated. This exceptional piece is one of the few cranial remains discovered on the western side of Gaule. It is now a part of the large collection of skull fragments related specifically to the beheading now well recognized. The observation of various artificial surface modifications such as the perforation involves a clear desire to transform this piece as usual or symbolic object which leads to consider the other examples for comparison.

Mots clés: âge du Fer

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Patrice Courtaud, Élisabeth Rousseau, Henri Duday, Christophe Sireix. Un crane perforé à Niord (Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, Gironde). Anne Colin; Florence Verdin. L’âge du Fer en Aquitaine et sur ses marges. Mobilité des personnes, migrations des idées, circulations des biens dans l’espace européen à l’âge du Fer. Actes du 35e colloque international de l’Association française pour l’étude de l’âge du Fer (Bordeaux, 2-5 juin 2011), Supplément Aquitania (30), Fédération Aquitania, pp.293-299, 2013, 978-2-910763-34-3. ⟨hal-01537277⟩