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Stone alignments, Coupiat. Near Minerve. New – or old? 16 Oct 2011 | 08:38 am
My amateur researches four years ago have turned into a more serious attempt to provide a geo-located ‘Inventaire’ . Various attempts have been made since Germain Sicard published the first, in 1909....
Two ‘new’ dolmens have been ‘found’ 14 Oct 2011 | 08:50 am
Four years ago I started this blog without any plan. I had just read a book, Luminous debris: reflecting on vestige in Provence and Languedoc, … in which the expatriate American Gustaf Sobin sifts t...
Roquefort-des-Corbières dolmen: known but ignored. 3 Oct 2011 | 04:27 am
Only in this département – Aude – could this happen. A dolmen, known to the speleologists of the region, and known to the botanists of the region – known presumably to every ‘chasseur de sanglier’ an...
Meetings with remarkable people : Joel B. 5 Sep 2011 | 08:40 am
I thought I was the only person out there: up on les Causses, in the garrigue, searching for lost dolmens. All the others – the local historians and retired archaeologists and ‘local experts’ have ...
A second menhir at Picarel 22 Aug 2011 | 08:04 am
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A second menhir at Azérou 22 Aug 2011 | 08:04 am
Few know the little stone, stranded in the middle of a big agribusiness field of corn; Even less have ever ever visited its pair – 400 m. to the south. 1st collector for A second menhir at Azérou Fo...
la Pinède, Durban-Corbières 24 Apr 2011 | 07:58 am
Once again I’m looking for dolmens – reported by Marie Landriq in the 1930′s this time. Most of her reported finds never get mentioned again, by any other archaeologist. 1st collector for la Pinède, ...
Les dolmens de la Planete – part 2 13 Feb 2011 | 10:59 am
The archaeological story of the dolmens of La Matte (or la Planette – or Planete, the official ‘lieu-dit‘ as it appears on the land-register) begins with Germain Sicard’s report and map of his visit i...
Up on La Planette 10 Feb 2011 | 09:18 am
Childhood interests can ignite life-long passions. For Jean Miquel de Barroubio, in the 1860′s, his long walk to and from school began a distinguished career as collector and researcher of the complex...
Bornes et menhirs 27 Jan 2011 | 09:59 am
My ‘discovery’ of a ‘new’ Bronze Age site is being taken seriously. But without actual, dated finds – this is still provisional. The strict rule to follow - if you should be so lucky as to find ‘une...
