Aurélia ALLIGRI, Anna SIGNORET, Amélie DA COSTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT THE CHURCH OF SAINT-CÔME-ET-SAINT-DAMIEN,LUZARCHES (VAL-D’OISE): Initial results and hypotheses

Abstract

Trial excavations in 2024 at the church of Saint Come and Saint Damian in Luzarches revealed parts of the building’s foundations and several burials. Collected archaeological data supports the hypothesis of a Merovingian cemetery with plaster sarcophagi. Burial phases from the Carolingian period, the early High Middle Ages and the Renaissance indicate long-term use of the cemetery. The observed remains invite consideration of the building’s architectural transformations as well as the church and cemetery’s place in the medieval history of Luzarches, marked by dual seigneurial and ecclesiastical lordship.

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