Cyril GIORGI, Grégory BAYLE, Lionel GOURICHON, Wejden BEN DHAFER, Eva-Maria GEIGL BOVINE REMAINS FROM THE LA TENE ELITE SETTLEMENT OF PALAISEAU "LES TROIS MARES" (ESSONNE)

Abstract

The "Trois Mares" site in Palaiseau (Essonne) has seen many preventive archaeological operations since the early 2000s leading to the discovery of a high status Celtic settlement, founded during the Middle La Tène and in use until the Roman period. The excavation centred on the artisanal sector revealed a homogeneous and original bone assemblage consisting of the limbs from four bovines, two cows and two calves slaughtered for a particular event. The quantity and quality of the meat consumed indicate importance of this settlement and, to our knowledge, its uniqueness.

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