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Goyet Caves

1867 archaeological discoveriesArchaeological sites in BelgiumCave bearCaves of WalloniaEarly European modern humans
Landforms of Namur (province)Limestone cavesNeanderthal fossilsNeanderthal sites
Finds from Goyet and Trou Magrite in the Museum for Natural Sciences of Belgium (cropped)
Finds from Goyet and Trou Magrite in the Museum for Natural Sciences of Belgium (cropped)

The Goyet Caves (French: Grottes de Goyet) are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m (50 ft) above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province. The site is a significant locality of regional Neanderthal and European early modern human occupation, as thousands of fossils and artifacts were discovered that are all attributed to a long and contiguous stratigraphic sequence from 120,000 years ago, the Middle Paleolithic to less than 5,000 years ago, the late Neolithic. A robust sequence of sediments was identified during extensive excavations by geologist Edouard Dupont, who undertook the first probings as early as 1867. The site was added to the Belgian National Heritage register in 1976.

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Finds from Goyet and Trou Magrite in the Museum for Natural Sciences of Belgium (cropped)
Finds from Goyet and Trou Magrite in the Museum for Natural Sciences of Belgium (cropped)
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