Mizy's grave
The grave of Mizy is a deep earth grave that was discovered in 1861 on the grounds of Hof Mizy in Leuvrigny , near Reims in the Marne department in France .
Under a group of slabs of rock that form the ceiling is a burial space sunk 4.6 m into the ground, in which skeletons and grave goods have been found. The room is about 3.0 m wide, with heights between 0.7 and 1.25 m. It contained the remains of 133 people of all ages, polished axes and knives made of flint , deer antlers, chalk rings, a fragment of slate , teeth from bear and deer, and pottery.
literature
- Dr. Remy: Sur la caverne - des ossements humains et des armes es silex découverte à Mizy, territoire de Leuvrigny, canton de Dormans, au mois de May 1861. In: Mémoires de la SACSAM , 1861, Châlons-sur-Marne , partie I, Pp. 151-200 ( online ).
- Philippe Chambon, Laure Salanova: Chronology of the sépultures du IIIe millénaire dans le bassin de la Seine. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 1996, pp. 103-118 ( online ).
- Philippe Chambon: Les pratiques funéraires dans les tombes collectives de la France Néolithique. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 2000, pp. 265-274 ( online ).
Web links
Commons : Dolmen de Mizy - collection of images, videos and audio files
