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SUBMITTER: Rendu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3890882 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Rendu William W Beauval Cédric C Crevecoeur Isabelle I Bayle Priscilla P Balzeau Antoine A Bismuth Thierry T Bourguignon Laurence L Delfour Géraldine G Faivre Jean-Philippe JP Lacrampe-Cuyaubère François F Tavormina Carlotta C Todisco Dominique D Turq Alain A Maureille Bruno B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131216 1
The bouffia Bonneval at La Chapelle-aux-Saints is well known for the discovery of the first secure Neandertal burial in the early 20th century. However, the intentionality of the burial remains an issue of some debate. Here, we present the results of a 12-y fieldwork project, along with a taphonomic analysis of the human remains, designed to assess the funerary context of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal. We have established the anthropogenic nature of the burial pit and underlined the taph ...[more]