Archaeology of a rite : coin deposits in funerary contexts between the Seine and the Rhine, from the end of the Iron age until the beginning of the early Middle Ages ; Archéologie d'un rite : les dépôts de monnaies en contexte funéraire entre Seine et Rhin, de la fin de l'âge du Fer au début du haut Moyen Âge

The starting point of this work is the observation that the presence of one or more coins within burials deserves to be enlightened by precise archaeological observations on the deposits and the constitution of the burials rather than by mythological allusions. This gesture is part of the complex and varied ritual sequences that aim to constitute the tomb. The meaning of the gesture must therefore be investigated using close archaeological analysis and not literary or poetic references. To understand gestures which are the very foundation of a ritualistic religion, we must necessarily abandon... Mehr ...