Standing Stones of Groix (III)

Derlhue Kermario - Saint Sauveur

Standing Stones of the Ile of Groix (Brittany, France): II

Kerlard: c. 1.5 m standing stone in the southern part of the isle. It seems to be on the top of a mound; it was excavated in the 19th century by L. Le Pontois, and it has several cup marks. The excavation remained unpublished.

Standing Stones of the Ile of Groix (Brittany, France): I

During 2006 and 2007 we have undertaken a GPS survey of Neolithic monuments in the Ile of Groix. Here are presented some of the standing stones that still remain in the isle.Pointe des Chats: standing stone and Bronze Age cist in the SE part of Groix.

Colloque International

Colloque International Musée Dobrée (Nantes)

Solstice d'hiver 2007 à la Roche aux Fées (Essé, I-e-V)

Images du solstice d'hiver de 2007 au dolmen de la Roche aux Fées (Essé, 35). Le disque solaire avance progressivement en éclairant certains des orthostates gauches de la chambre pour se présenter finalement comme un point lumineux au bas de la dalle de chevet.

Article (available online at ScienceDirect)

LOPEZ-ROMERO, E. (2008): “Monuments Néolithiques de la région de Lorient (Morbihan, Bretagne): à propos des modes d’organisation des territoires”, L’Anthropologie, 112 (4).

Article (soon available online at Wiley Interscience)

LOPEZ-ROMERO, E. (2008): "Characterizing the evolution of visual landscapes in the Late Prehistory of Southwest Morbihan (Brittany, France)". Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 27 (3), 217-239

Abstract:

In the context of territorial analyses in archaeology, the visual attributes of sites play a key role in the definition of location strategies. This paper studies the Neolithic evidence from the south-western Morbihan area in Brittany (France) from a visual point of view, integrating the previous Mesolithic and the later Bronze Age occupation of the region in order to understand the diachronic evolution of the visual settlement patterns. The role played by the sea seems to be significant throughout the entire occupation of the area, but differences in both intervisibility of sites and the extension of visual areas allow us to make particular observations regarding different cultural uses of the landscape through time.