Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more. She covers several science topics from planet Earth to paleontology and archaeology to health and culture. Prior to freelancing, Jennifer held an Editor role at Time Inc.
Archaeologists in France have excavated a Neolithic site containing 63 burials and hundreds of structures and artifacts from a human occupation spanning roughly 4,000 years.
Archaeologists also discovered a variety of tombs, mostly consisting of"simple pit burials" with no furnishings. In these pits, the deceased were buried in a"folded position," lying on their sides with their knees bent. However, researchers found several tombs built out of dry stone that were likely covered with earthen mounds. These tombs contain"complex arrangements, sometimes accommodating several individuals," and date to the fifth millennium B.C.
By the fourth millennium B.C., the practice of cremation had been introduced, as revealed in two separate tombs with cremated deposits. People also moved back to the site, according to radiocarbon dating of domestic structures from this time. In addition to the dozens of burials, archaeologists unearthed numerous ancient artifacts. These included a"rare object" made using a polished piece of deer antler that was prominently placed on a human skull, intentionally broken or"sacrificed" spherical funeral urns, ceramic containers, a wild boar tusk that may have been worn as a bracelet, and a flint arrowhead.
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