Since the Nemours conference in 1989, there has been a clear rise in the number of listed burials over a large part of the south of France. This inventory has at least doubled in size for the Auvergne (Plain of Limagne), Midi-Pyrenees (Toulouse area) and Languedoc (Mediterranean coastal plain), the present study is focused on this latter region. With rare exceptions, these new discoveries tend to confirm the sepulchral typologies so far observed, while at the same time they help identifying subgroups of cultural expressions that are relevant for chronological and sociocultural approaches. These groups of cultural expression are generally perceived positively as funerary practices normed, but we should stress that their origins sometimes take place outside the Chassean cultural sphere discussed here (Northern and Western influences in the case of the Auvergne, Saintot et al., n.d.). Between 1989 and 2014, a total of 112 burials were discovered in central Languedoc, containing the remains of 143 individuals, which is a significant number. While the excavations are of good quality, the results are spread across a disparate range of documentation with varying levels of editing. The documentation indeed remains incomplete, and the presentation of results is seldom systematic, which hinders the development of databases. Thus, the facts continue to be presented above all in general terms, which undeniably contributes to enhancing the ‘background noise’. The results of our study do not allow us to reduce this background noise for the Languedoc plain. The burials are adjacent to or integrated within the inhabited areas, and the receiving pits most certainly are re-used storage structures. The skeletons frequently occur in ‘incongruous’ positions, often associated with infilling materials mixed with varied domestic wastes. These deposits rarely contain any associated objects, and well-developed assemblages are hardly ever observed. Although it is difficult to recognize any chrono-cultural evolution based on these 112 burials, their principal features are especially characteristic of the Early Chasséen. Throughout this period, however, some rare examples of burials diverge from this typical pattern in terms of architectural means as well as symbolic arrangements and the presence of goods of unusual and sometimes even exceptional nature. Although these features reflect a certain organization/management of funerary practices, it is not clear whether the latter were widely standardized. Indeed, the whole paradox is that the most frequently observed features of these burials do not appear to reflect a ‘real’ management of funerary practices: the majority of the documented examples remain impossible to decipher. In relation to this problem, attempts over the past decade have focused excessively on explaining the social aspects. On the other hand, certain specifically archaeological approaches have been somewhat neglected. In addition to proposing an updated overview of burials in the Languedoc Region, this article addresses the issues concerning the available documentation, which in some cases appears inconsistent. Case studies are presented here with the aim of reinstating specific interpretations that do not depend on ready-made models. (Traduction: M.S.N. Carpenter; mcarpenter@infonie.fr).