Neolithic mortuary behaviour at La Faucille Cave, Meuse Basin (Belgium)

The mortuary cave La Faucille is located in Sclayn, in the valley of the Fond des Vaux, a small tributary of the Meuse River (Andenne, prov. of Namur, BE). It was discovered in 1999, and after an initial survey it was excavated from 2015 onwards. The excavations yielded over 3000 identifiable human...

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Auteurs principaux: De Groote, Isabelle, van Hattum, IJk, Pirson, Stephane, Di Modica, Kévin, Vandendriessche, Hans
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Izdano: Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 2025
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:The mortuary cave La Faucille is located in Sclayn, in the valley of the Fond des Vaux, a small tributary of the Meuse River (Andenne, prov. of Namur, BE). It was discovered in 1999, and after an initial survey it was excavated from 2015 onwards. The excavations yielded over 3000 identifiable human remains which were found both on the terrace and inside the cave. Also, a small but significant number of archaeological objects were recovered. A series of radiocarbon dates on 20 human bones rev...