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The Graves of Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine are several burial mounds dating from the 6th century BC, located near the town of
Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine (, literally ''Sainte-Colombe on Seine'') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population Iron Age and Antiquity Located not far from the site of the Vix grave, Sainte-Colombe is on a very r ...
in the
Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.
department in eastern
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.


Description

The burials are associated with the Iron Age
Hallstatt culture The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western Europe, Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age Europe, Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallst ...
. In the 19th century they were excavated at the request of
Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...
, revealing elite wagon burials containing gold jewellery and prestigious imported artefacts. The first to be excavated, located at La Garenne, provided a magnificent bronze
lebes The lebes (, plural ''lebetes'') is a type of ancient Greek pottery, ancient Greek cauldron, normally in bronze. It is a deep bowl with a rounded bottom. It was often supported by a sacrificial tripod. In classical times, a foot was attached and i ...
of
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origin, which is now displayed in the
Musée du Pays Châtillonnais The Musée du Pays Châtillonnais, or Trésor de Vix, formerly called the musée archéologique de Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or), was created in the late nineteenth century and is managed by the community of communes of the Pays Châtillonna ...
in
Châtillon-sur-Seine Châtillon-sur-Seine () is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department, eastern France. The Musée du Pays Châtillonnais is housed in old abbey of Notre-Dame de Châtillon, within the town, known for its collection of pre-Roman and Roman relics ...
. In another, at La Butte, gold bracelets and earrings were discovered in the grave of a woman who had been laid to rest on a luxurious iron-clad funerary wagon. These gold items are now kept at the National Archeological Museum in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. ...
. In the middle of the 20th century
René Joffroy René Joffroy (10 June 1915 – 5 May 1986) was a French archaeologist. He was curator of the National Archaeological Museum from 1964 to 1984. Publications *1960: ''L'Oppidum de Vix et la civilisation hallstattienne finale'' thèse d'État * ...
(1958) postulated that the elites buried under the
tumuli A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...
of La Butte and La Garenne had
Mont Lassois Mont Lassois is a relevant outlier located in the commune of Vix, near Châtillon-sur-Seine in the north of Côte-d'Or. Dominating the upper Seine valley for approximately 100 m and crowned by a 12th century church, Saint-Marcel of Vix, clas ...
as their place of residence. However, geomagnetic surveys carried out in 2015 revealed the presence of several large buildings in the vicinity of the Sainte-Colombe burial mounds, apparently belonging to a single architectural complex, suggesting that elites may have also lived nearby.


Gallery

File:Sainte-Colombe-sur-Seine Bracelets.jpg, Gold bracelets, 6th century BC File:Boucles d'oreilles St Colombe.jpg, Gold earrings, 6th century BC


See also

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Prehistory of France Prehistoric France is the period in the human occupation (including early Hominini, hominins) of the geographical area covered by present-day France which extended through prehistory and ended in the Iron Age Europe, Iron Age with the Roman Ga ...
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Vix Grave The Vix Grave is a burial mound near the village of Vix in northern Burgundy. The broader site is a prehistoric Celtic complex from the Late Hallstatt and Early La Tène periods, consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds. ...
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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave The Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave is a richly-furnished Celtic burial chamber near Hochdorf an der Enz (municipality of Eberdingen) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dating from 530 BC in the Hallstatt culture period. It was discovered in 1968 by a ...
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Lavau Grave The Lavau Grave is princely burial dating to the middle of the 5th century BC, located by the town of Lavau, Aube, Lavau in the Aube department of north-central France. The grave was discovered in 2014. Excavations revealed a chariot burial contai ...
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Heuneburg The Heuneburg is a prehistoric Celtic hillfort by the river Danube in Hundersingen near Herbertingen, between Ulm and Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, in the south of Germany, close to the modern borders with Switzerland and Austria. It is consid ...
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Glauberg The Glauberg is a Celtic hillfort or oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds, "a princely seat of the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods." Archaeological discoveries in the 1990s place t ...
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Hohenasperg Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress and prison overlooking the town of Asperg. It was an important Celtic oppidum, and a number of ...
* Ipf * Burgstallkogel * Grafenbühl grave *
Grächwil Grächwil is a hamlet of the municipality of Meikirch in the Swiss canton of Bern. A number of Hallstatt period artefacts have been found in Grächwil, including an imported bronze vessel known as the 'Grächwil Hydria', found in the princely tom ...


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Musée du Pays Châtillonnais – Celtes et Gaulois
Celtic archaeological sites Prehistoric sites in France Pre-Roman Gaul Tumuli in France Ancient Celtic metalwork Chariot burials Individual vases