Given its well-preserved state, researchers hope that the rest of the site will be equally well-preserved if more excavations are conducted in the future.
Prehistoric artefacts were unearthed at the vast Neolithic site of Marais de Saint-Gond. Photo: AFP
"This is the last piece of the jigsaw we were missing," said Remi Martineau, a researcher at France's National Centre for Scientific Research , who located the village with his team this summer. This new discovery makes it possible to pass a milestone in the understanding of"the economic, societal and territorial organisation of the Neolithic", Martineau said, adding that there is"no equivalent" in all of Europe.The village was discovered when a ditch for the installation of a palisade was identified in the commune Val-des-Marais around 136 kilometres from Paris.
"The site was completely structured," said Martineau."The foundations of our society are already there."
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