Grotte du Bichon

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Q29785936




Grotte du Bichon is a karstic cave in the Swiss Jura, overlooking the river Doubs at an elevation of 846 m (2,776 ft), some 5 km (3 mi) north of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It is the site of the discovery of the skeleton of a hunter-gatherer of the Azilian, dubbed "Bichon man", a young male about 20 to 23 years old, carbon dated to 13,770–13,560 years ago. The skeleton was discovered in 1956, about 15 m (49 ft) from the cave entrance, intermingled with the bones of a female brown bear, nine flint arrowheads and traces of charcoal. In 1991, flint chips were found embedded in the bear's third vertebra, without indication of healing, suggesting the interpretation that the bear was wounded by arrows, retreated into the cave, and was pursued by the hunter, who made a fire to fumigate the bear from the cave, but was killed by the dying animal.

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cave, list of cultural properties in La Chaux-de-Fonds, archaeological site, Q39, 

  • class A Swiss cultural property of national significance page@
  • class B Swiss cultural property of regional significance page@
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Location: 47.1517, 6.8482, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Baume de Sancey ⓘ
  • Col des Roches, Mesolithic-Neolithic rock shelter ⓘ
    archaeological site in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Cotencher, Palaeolithic residential cave ⓘ
    cave and archaeological site in Rochefort in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • creux d'Entier ⓘ
    cave in Switzerland
  • Creux-de-Glace ⓘ
  • Grotte de la Tante Airie ⓘ
  • Grotte du Bichon ⓘ
    cave and archaeological site in the municipality of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Grotte du Château de la Roche ⓘ
    Karst cave in Doubs, France
  • Grotte-chapelle de Remonot ⓘ
    cave in France
  • La Baume du Four ⓘ
    archaeological site in the Areuse canyon in Boudry in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Le Mont - Saint Brais III, Paleolithic and Late Bronze Age shelters ⓘ
    archaeological site and caves at Saint-Brais in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
  • Les Plaints, Paleolithic dwelling cave ⓘ
    archaeological site in Couvet in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Puits du Glaçon ⓘ
  • Saint-Brais I und II, Paleolithic and Late Bronze Age shelters ⓘ
    archaeological site and caves in Glovelier in the canton of Jura, Switzerland
  • Villa Jägerstein with coach house, park and grotto ⓘ
    stately mansion building with a swing in Bienne in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Forêts du Beucle, medieval iron mine ⓘ
    archaeological site in Monible in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • La Presta asphalt mine ⓘ
    disused asphalt mine in Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Tête-plumée ⓘ
  • Ligerz Tunnel ⓘ
    planned railway tunnel at the south foot of the Jura mountain range in Switzerland
  • Pierre Pertuis, carved passage with Roman inscription ⓘ
    tunnel as part of the original Roman pass road Pierre Pertuis in Tavannes in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
  • tunnel de la Vue-des-Alpes ⓘ
  • tunnel de Neuchâtel ⓘ
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TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
linkpageclass A Swiss cultural property of national significance page@Wikidata
linkpageclass B Swiss cultural property of regional significance page@Wikidata
organisationclub1939Société suisse de spéléologiespeleology, umbrella organization, karstologyWikidata
sitecaveBaume de SanceycaveWikidata
sitecaveCol des Roches, Mesolithic-Neolithic rock shelterrock shelter, archaeological siteWikidata
sitecaveCotencher, Palaeolithic residential cavearchaeological site, caveWikidata
sitecavecreux d'EntiercaveWikidata
sitecaveCreux-de-GlacecaveWikidata
sitecaveGrotte de la Tante AiriecaveWikidata
sitecaveGrotte du Bichonarchaeological site, caveWikidata
sitecaveGrotte du Château de la RochecaveWikidata
sitecaveGrotte-chapelle de Remonotchapel, caveWikidata
sitecaveLa Baume du Fourarchaeological site, caveWikidata
sitecaveLe Mont - Saint Brais III, Paleolithic and Late Bronze Age sheltersarchaeological site, caveWikidata
sitecaveLes Plaints, Paleolithic dwelling cavecave, archaeological siteWikidata
sitecavePuits du Glaçonpit caveWikidata
sitecaveSaint-Brais I und II, Paleolithic and Late Bronze Age shelterscave, archaeological siteWikidata
sitecave1863Villa Jägerstein with coach house, park and grottopark, villa, carriage house, architectural structure, grottoWikidata
sitemineForêts du Beucle, medieval iron mineiron mine, archaeological siteWikidata
sitemineLa Presta asphalt mineshow mine, mineWikidata
sitemineTête-pluméequarryWikidata
sitetunnelLigerz Tunnelproposed tunnel, railway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelPierre Pertuis, carved passage with Roman inscriptionarchaeological site, tunnelWikidata
sitetunneltunnel de la Vue-des-Alpesroad tunnelWikidata
sitetunnel1993tunnel de Neuchâtelroad tunnelWikidata
commonsimageLaténium-crâne-ourse-Bichon Commons
commonsimageLaténium-crâne-bichon Commons
commonsimageGrotte du Bichon Commons
commonsimageGrotte du Bichon Commons
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