- La Hoguette
La Hoguette is a commune in the
Calvados department in theBasse-Normandie region in northernFrance .Its postal code is 14700. The INSEE code is 14332.
Archeology
La Hoguette is also the
type site of the earlyNeolithic La Hoguette culture that is found mainly in association withLinearbandkeramic or Limburg pottery in Northern France, The Netherlands, Alsace and Western Germany. It is believed to ultimately derive from the MediterraneanCardial -Traditions. Important sites of the La-Hoguette culture includeStuttgart-Wilhelma ,Dautenheim andGodelau .The La Hoguette pottery was found under a later
megalithic tomb and first misidentified asLinearbandkeramic . La Hoguette marks the westernmost point of the distribution of this culture.Personalities
La Hoguette was the birthplace of
Georges Marchais (1920-1997), head of theFrench Communist Party .ee also
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Communes of the Calvados department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
External links
[http://www.comp-archaeology.org/LaHoguette.htm] La Hoguette (M.O. Baldwin)
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