Ripari Villabruna | |
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  location in Italy  Ripari Villabruna (Italy) | |
| Location | near Feltre |
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| Region | Cismon valley, province of Belluno, Italy |
| Coordinates | 46°05′03.4″N 11°45′51.6″E / 46.084278°N 11.764333°E |
| Type | Abri |
| History | |
| Cultures | Epigravettian, 14,000 years ago |
| Associated with | Cro-Magnon |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | late 1980s |
| Archaeologists | Giuseppe 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]
- ^ 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).
- ^ Andrew Clifford, The Geologic Model of Religion (Andrew Clifford, 2012) p134.
- ^ Antonio Beltrán, Paleoantropologia e preistoria: origini, paleolitico, mesolitico (Editoriale Jaca Book, 1993) [1].