Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)

The interior spaces of the Saint-Laurent de la Capelette chapel in Marseilles were preventively excavated by the Inrap between November 2013 and March 2014. In its initial state, the chapel, built in 1654, corresponded to the present nave before being enlarged with the addition of the choir. Exhaust...

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Main Authors: Sandy Parmentier, Bernard Sillano
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Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/7589
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description The interior spaces of the Saint-Laurent de la Capelette chapel in Marseilles were preventively excavated by the Inrap between November 2013 and March 2014. In its initial state, the chapel, built in 1654, corresponded to the present nave before being enlarged with the addition of the choir. Exhaustive excavation of the chapel choir yielded the remains of a single individual. Thanks to a coin minted in 1862 that was found with this individual, we were able to link this burial to a period during which the chapel was no longer a consecrated building. However, the building was still standing at that time. This suggests an opportunistic interment, resulting either from taking advantage of a space that was certainly no longer consecrated but was still, in terms of mental representations, an accessible chapel, or from seizing the opportunity afforded by an unconsecrated but still standing building to bury an individual clandestinely along with their clothes and personal objects. In the latter case, this burial could perhaps be linked to the ill repute of the Capelette district, which has been undergoing major changes since the middle of the 19th century and where poverty and social tensions was part of the daily life of the district’s inhabitants.
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spelling doaj-art-727e49a8a7224eb39affcb3c2f41ed1a2025-01-30T11:27:30ZengSociété d'Anthropologie de ParisBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris1777-54692021-06-013310.4000/bmsap.7589Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)Sandy ParmentierBernard SillanoThe interior spaces of the Saint-Laurent de la Capelette chapel in Marseilles were preventively excavated by the Inrap between November 2013 and March 2014. In its initial state, the chapel, built in 1654, corresponded to the present nave before being enlarged with the addition of the choir. Exhaustive excavation of the chapel choir yielded the remains of a single individual. Thanks to a coin minted in 1862 that was found with this individual, we were able to link this burial to a period during which the chapel was no longer a consecrated building. However, the building was still standing at that time. This suggests an opportunistic interment, resulting either from taking advantage of a space that was certainly no longer consecrated but was still, in terms of mental representations, an accessible chapel, or from seizing the opportunity afforded by an unconsecrated but still standing building to bury an individual clandestinely along with their clothes and personal objects. In the latter case, this burial could perhaps be linked to the ill repute of the Capelette district, which has been undergoing major changes since the middle of the 19th century and where poverty and social tensions was part of the daily life of the district’s inhabitants.https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/7589funerary practicesearly modern periodchoir areacloth burial
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Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
funerary practices
early modern period
choir area
cloth burial
title Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
title_full Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
title_fullStr Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
title_full_unstemmed Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
title_short Inhumation privilégiée ou opportuniste ? Le cas de l’individu inhumé à l’intérieur du chœur de la chapelle Saint-Laurent de la Capelette (Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône)
title_sort inhumation privilegiee ou opportuniste le cas de l individu inhume a l interieur du choeur de la chapelle saint laurent de la capelette marseille bouches du rhone
topic funerary practices
early modern period
choir area
cloth burial
url https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/7589
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