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Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte Scladina Alternative Name: Grotte de SclaynCountry: Belgium
NOTE: This site is 7.81 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Namur Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Namur Nearest Village: Sclayn
Latitude: 50.485300N Longitude: 5.026300E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Cave in Sclayn (Andenne)
Grotte Scladina
Adresse : Rue Fond des Vaux 339 d, Sclayn (Andenne)
Découverte en 1971, et fouillée sans interruption depuis lors.
Scladina ne se visite pas pour l'ampleur de ses salles ni pour leur décoration de stalactites etc. Elle trouve tout son intérêt dans les visites guidées par un archéologue en charge des fouilles, visites passionnantes même sans grandes connaissances préalables -- mais de toute évidence préférables.
◄ ◄ ◄ La découverte la plus sensationelle, à tout le moins pour le visiteur non spécialisé, est celle de la mâchoire inférieure et d'une partie de la mâchoire supérieure d'un enfant de huit ans, daté de 90000 BC ± 25000 ans.
Il s'agit de la plus importante découverte de fossiles néandertaliens en Belgique depuis celle de Spy en 1886.
La grotte s'accompagne d'un petit musée, à visiter séparément.
Bibliographie : Pirson S., Toussaint M, Neandertal, l'Européen, 2011, 112-3
Page Internet : Scladina
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