Abstract
ABSTRACT The Petit Marais site at La Chaussée-Tirancourt is located at the confluence of the Somme valley and a little stream called the Aeon. Some Mesolithic levels from the Boreal are associated with alluvial sediments which are sealed by peat dated from the Atlantic period. Thousands of //- thic and bone remains attest to the numerous activities practised on the site. Five Mesolithic pits have been excavated. Many radiocarbon da- tings bring to the fore an important diachronism between those structures. Pit number 1 contained many burnt human bones. Pit number 4 is a burial place. The skeleton is that of an adult male. He had a particularly robust skull like the Téviec and Hoëdic individuals and was tall. The organisation of the bone remains in the grave evokes a secondary burial. We were able to identify some of the manipulations which caused the grouping of the bones, and thus improve our knowledge of funeral gestures, especially those which had taken place before the final burial.
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