Preliminary data on a child’s grave discovered in the Paleolithic site of Cosăuţi (Republic of Moldova)

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary results of a comprehensive study of the burial discovered during the investigations of the Upper Paleolithic site at Cosăuţi by the expedition led by Ilie Borziac. Due to various circumstances, the burial remained virtually unexplored until present. The article presents the main results of a preliminary study of skeletal remains that was carried out by an international, Moldavian-Romanian, group of researchers.

Keywords

• Cosăuţi
• Palaeolotic site
• burial