S2-11EN_PDF_Gabrielle Bosset and Frédérique Valentin — Mesolithic burial practices in the northern half of France:  isolated burials and their spatial organisation

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S2-11EN_PDF_Gabrielle Bosset and Frédérique Valentin — Mesolithic burial practices in the northern half of France: isolated burials and their spatial organisation

Thirty-six Mesolithic graves, mainly primary inhumations of a single individual, were identified from 15 sites in the northern half of France. We present here a synthetic description of these graves which sheds light on the variety of funerary rites and practices. These graves are spread across the space occupied by these groups in two ways: grouped together or isolated. The chronological and spatial demarcation of 14 of these graves suggests that at least three of them represent a specific behaviour shared by certain Middle Mesolithic groups who occupied the Paris Basin.