Sion - Petit-Chasseur (Neolithic-Bronze Age): Geography and Culture

Desideri, Jocelyne

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_1866-2

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Sion - Petit-Chasseur (Neolithic-Bronze Age): Geography and Culture

ContributorsDesideri, Jocelyne

Published inSmith, C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology

PublisherNew York : Springer

Publication date2018

Abstract

The canton of Valais contains one of the most important Swiss Neolithic sites: Petit-Chasseur in Sion. While this site is already internationally renowned for its megalithic necropolis dating from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age as well as for its beautiful anthropomorphic stelae, it also has occupation levels dating to the Middle Neolithic and burial sites of the Second Iron Age.

Keywords

Archéologie
Préhistoire
Néolithique
Petit-Chasseur
Sion
Alpes
Bioanthropologie

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section des sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement / Département F.-A. Forel des sciences de l'environnement et de l'eau

Research groups

Laboratory of Prehistoric Archeology and Anthropology

Citation (ISO format)

DESIDERI, Jocelyne. Sion - Petit-Chasseur (Neolithic-Bronze Age): Geography and Culture. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Smith, C. (Ed.). New York : Springer, 2018. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_1866-2

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PID : unige:111956
DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_1866-2

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