Les découvertes de Jean-Pierre Kruger, archéologue, dans les Vosges mosellannes. Des pierres représentant la voûte céleste, des poids en pierre dont les formes et le poids permettent de supposer qu'à l'époque des Celtes, on connaissait déjà les "monnaies" d'échange sur les voies commerciales. Les Vosges étaient peuplées de tribus celtes et l'on retrouve près de Haselbourg, Dabo,Walscheid et bien d'autres lieux le vestige unique d'un riche passé.Discoveries in the Vosges Mountains
Discovery of celestial stones
Three stones representing the firmament were discovered these last years. They are similar to the disc of Nebra but are estimated to top it in age by 1500 to 2500 years. Two of these three stones give, however, more precise information on the constellation of the stars.
The first stone stands in the Vosges Mountains. We are talking about the “Rutschfelsen” near Dabo in the Moselle region. Very well-known in the Dabo area, it was never subject to an analysis until 25 may 2008, when Jean-Pierre Kruger found striking resemblances to the Italian ‘rock of stars’ (near Lillianes). Adjoining picture of the Rutschfels / All rights reserved.
The second stone was found during construction works in Jean-Pierres Kruger’s garden, around eight feet below the ground. It sizes 44 inches in width, 29 inches in height and 14 inches in depth in the Vosges’ red sandstone.
The material is fine and hard and has very few quartz inclusions. Placed in an angle of 49°, this stone points in the extension of its axis very precisely to the polestar. As to Mr Feidt Mr. Koeppen Astronomical Observatory of Strasbourg (ULP)
The third stone resembles the second, yet presents a greater number of star constellations. Found in Harreberg / Froeschen
These three stones, as the stone of the Italian Alps, represent the Pleiades. Likewise, the ‘Pleiades’ Mountain (where the path of the stars can be discovered) situated north-east of the Lake Geneva in Switzerland, signifies that the Western civilisation represented constellations of stars in the prehistory before the Orient.
This constitutes the thesis brought forward by Jean-Pierre Kruger.
The writing of the Celts (Recall)
The Ogham writing
For reasons of linguistic order, it is assumed that most of these signs are from the fourth or fifth century AD.
The origins of the OGHAM-writing in the Vosges Mountains
The origins of this Celtic writing were hereafter established in the Vosges Mountains. It is the thesis defended by Jean-Pierre Kruger
Hence, rocks in the Lorraine Alsace region feature characteristics indicating the presence of signs and writings dating back to the Bronze Age, that is the prehistoric period succeeding the Neolithic (in the course of the third millennium) and ending around 1000 B.C. with the emergence of iron.
The German linguist, Professor Herbert Pilch of the Albert-Ludwig University (Fribourg in Brisgau / Germany)
It is a fact that these signs and writings discovered in the Vosges Mountains differ from OGHAM signs, since they are not similarly regrouped. In view of the erosion, the state of the stones, Jean-Pierre Kruger deducts from it that this writing is antecedent. However, scientific proof still needs to be provided. This day, no method of scientific analysis exists to date the writing on a stone and compare it with others in order to know whether or not it is antecedent.
Up till today, Jean-Pierre Kruger noticed 18 different characters on stones in the Vosges region. Among them are also stones with three different characters.
The pre-Celtic calendar
A stone (of calcareous type) of which the true composition is not known with certainty was discovered on 19 September, 1997 in the fields adjacent to Sarraltroff and Oberstinzel in the Moselle region. This 8.3 oz object is covered with a certain tinted layer exposing seven small equidistant cuts. According to various examinations of the site, this stone would represent the twelfth fraction of a circular entity with an inside diameter of 11 inches and of 14.2 inches outside.
Discovery of stone weights
More than 250 stone weights were found in the Vosges region, hence allowing to define a system of weight and measure units for every stone. These stones served in sale and in purchase of goods (iron ore, charcoal, iron ingots and transported animals).
They were found on ancient trade channels.
Certain stones have the form of a head dressed by a hair crown (it is the origin of the halo represented above the head of the Saints and of God and resumed by the Christian Church).
It is probable that these stones are the ancestors of our actual currencies. (On the ancient currencies of the Antiquity, amongst other things the head of emperors was also represented).
UXASAMOS
Archéologue
Organisation sur rendez-vous de symposiums, colloques et visites commentées sur le thème des Celtes dans la région des Vosges.
Une association a été créée le 25 août 2009.
Conseil de lecture Un livre riche en informations et qui donne également beaucoup de données linguistiques.
"Die keltischen Sprachen und Literaturen" Auteur: Professeur Herbert PilchISBN: 978-3-8253-5330-8 Ce livre n'est pas encore traduit en français.
Pour les Lorrains et ceux intéressés par cette région, on peut également se documenter grâce à un livre utile et précis sur la Moselle.
"Toponymie mosellane" Auteur: Alain SimmerISBN: 2-908196-69-7
Un livre est actuellement en cours de préparation sur les poids en pierre. L'auteur est Jean-pierre Kruger.
"Bulletin de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Lorraine / section Sarrebourg"
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