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2016
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Maine-et-Loire Préhistoire ArchéologieSujets proches
Prehistoric antiquities Prehistory Prehistoric archaeology Semeiotics Signs Symbolic representation Symbols Representation, Symbolic Signs Signage Guide signs Sign-boards Signs and sign-boards Guide-posts Guideposts Signs (Advertising) Signboards Millennium Early man Prehistoric human beings Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) Prehistoric humans Man, Prehistoric Prehistory Prehistoric archaeology Council of Europe countries Western art (Western countries) Fine arts Iconography Arts, Fine Art, Occidental Arts, Visual Visual arts Occidental art Art, Visual Art, Western (Western countries) Ibérica, Península Península Ibérica Hispania (Iberian Peninsula) Península Hispánica Hispánica, Península Iberia (Iberian Peninsula) ArtsCiter ce document
Emmanuel Mens et al., « Les stèles gravées du plateau de la Bretellière à Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10670/1.kntpd4
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The "plateau de La Bretellière" in Saint-Macaire en Mauges (Maine-et-Loire, France) is an exceptional site where the monumental art of the 5th millennium is located in a preserved area. The engraved stelae have mostly not moved for the past 6000 years and are therefore studyable in their initial context. Zigzags and snake motifs are the two lead signs of the plateau and show affinities with the Iberian Peninsula. Four meters long, one of them is the most imposing broken line megalithic item in Europe. In low-angled light, it is currently visible at 150 meters. Taking advantage of the immutability of the stelae, distances and areas of specific visibility were calculated. The first results are oriented towards the existence of a path along the different figures inscribed on the mineral walls.