Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex
Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE)·Atlantic Neolithic·🇫🇷 Brittany, Morbihan, France
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About Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex
Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Atlantic Neolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal platform 10 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 47.5897N -2.9698E controls access to Brittany, Morbihan resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey megalithic for Brittany, Morbihan, illustrating Atlantic Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3800 BCE
- Period
- Middle Neolithic (4000-3500 BCE)
- Culture
- Atlantic Neolithic
- Purpose
- Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3800 BCE
Initial construction of Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex main structure
c. 816 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex
19th–20th century
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
47.5897° N · 2.9698° W · -1 m · 3 mapped features
Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex — Main Megalithic Feature
necropolisPrimary necropolis at Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits
47.5908° N · 2.9718° WTable des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
templeAncillary temple at Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex — platform mound with stratified deposits
47.5898° N · 2.9690° WTable des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
chamberOutlier chamber panel linked to Table des Marchands Extension East — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
47.5895° N · 2.9706° W