Level 1, room 14
€0 – €9 — ticket valid on the day of purchase for all exhibitions
As a family, With friends – on my own, Adult groups, Community education groups, A class
And what if objects had the power to confer a social rank on each member of a community? Ornaments, flints, axes… so many precious objects, signs of wealth.
The Neolithic era is differentiated from Prehistory by the development of agriculture, settlement and the beginning of a hierarchical organization. Mankind evolves, creates tools and ornaments out of rare materials to distinguish itself and show its domination faced with others.
Between 5,500 and 2,000 B.C. numerous objects circulated throughout Europe – notably in the south of France – with the aim of finding even more exceptional pieces.
The exhibition goes back to this history and shows you the finest pieces found. These objects of an incommensurable value are regularly found in funeral mounds. They were proof that the deceased belonged to an elite, justifying his power and his privileged social status with the possession of noble and shaped objects, thus indicating social inequality.
This exhibition is organized by the musée national de Préhistoire des Eyzies-de-Tayac and the Réunion des musées nationaux-Grand Palais.
