Ripari Villabruna

Ripari Villabruna
Ripari Villabruna
Ripari Villabruna in Italy
Ripari Villabruna in Italy
location in Italy
Ripari Villabruna in Italy
Ripari Villabruna in Italy
Ripari Villabruna (Italy)
Locationnear Feltre
RegionCismon valley, province of Belluno, Italy
Coordinates46°05′03.4″N 11°45′51.6″E / 46.084278°N 11.764333°E / 46.084278; 11.764333
TypeAbri
History
CulturesEpigravettian, 14,000 years ago
Associated withCro-Magnon
Site notes
Excavation dateslate 1980s
ArchaeologistsGiuseppe Vercellotti

Ripari Villabruna is a small rock shelter in northern Italy with mesolithic burial remains. It contains several Cro-Magnon burials, with bodies and grave goods dated to 14,000 years BP. The site has added greatly to the understanding of the mesolithic development of medical[1] and religious practises in early human communities.[2][3]

  1. ^ Giuseppe Vercellotti, The Late Upper Paleolithic skeleton Villabruna 1 (Italy): a source of data on biology and behavior of a 14.000 year-old hunter, Journal of Anthropological Sciences, v.86, 143-163 (2008).
  2. ^ Andrew Clifford, The Geologic Model of Religion (Andrew Clifford, 2012) p134.
  3. ^ Antonio Beltrán, Paleoantropologia e preistoria: origini, paleolitico, mesolitico (Editoriale Jaca Book, 1993) [1].