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| New Excavations |
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In 1994, new excavations were undertaken at Fontéchevade by the University of
Pennsylvania, Bishop Museum, and the Université de Perpignan. These excavations had three
primary goals:
1) Site Formation Processes - To determine the site formation processes
using the same techniques that we have applied to open-air sites such as Combe-Capelle Bas
and Cagny-l’Epinette.
2) Chronology - To attempt to date the formation of the Tayacian layers
and, by extension, the hominid fossils.
3) Industrial Variability - To clarify the nature of the poorly
understood and poorly defined Tayacian industries.
The excavations are now complete, and the geological and artifactual analysis are
underway. It is already clear, however, that the formation of the Tayacian deposits is
more complicated than previously believed and that the associated “industry” may
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