Enfant Cave - Enfant Cave

Japanese: アンファン洞窟 - あんふぁんどうくつ
Enfant Cave - Enfant Cave

…Fossil human remains discovered at the Grimaldi Cave site in western Italy. More than ten human bones were found in four caves at the site, including two children and an elderly woman in the upper layer of the Enfant Cave, an adult man in the lower layer, and an elderly woman and a young man aged 15 to 17 buried at the same time in the lowest layer. The human bones in the upper and middle layers resemble Cro-Magnons, while the two bodies in the lowest layer show characteristics similar to modern Negroes, so they are called the Grimaldi race and distinguished from Cro-Magnons. …

From the Grimaldi Caves

…The former contains a hipbone of a hominid, providing valuable evidence that hominids stood completely upright. The Enfant Cave is a succession of the Mousterian, Aurignacian, Gravettian, and Grimaldi cultures. The so-called Grimaldi man, an elderly woman and a young man buried together in a flexed position, was found in the Aurignacian layer. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the description of "Amphan Cave" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イタリア西部のグリマルディ洞窟遺跡発見の化石人類。同遺跡では4洞窟から10体以上の人骨が発見されたが,そのうちのアンファン洞窟では,その上層から子ども2人と老年女性,それより下層から成人男性,最下層からは同時埋葬された老年女性と15~17歳の青年が発見されている。上層・中層の人骨は,クロマニョン人に似ているのにたいし,最下層の2体には現在のニグロに類似する特徴が認められるところから,これをグリマルディ人種などと呼び,クロマニョン人と区別している。…

【グリマルディ洞窟】より

…前者は原人の寛骨を伴い,原人が完全に直立していたことを示す貴重な証拠を提供している。アンファン洞窟では,ムスティエ文化,オーリニャック文化,グラベット文化,グリマルディ文化が連続している。老年女性と若年男性が一緒に屈葬されている,いわゆるグリマルディ人は,このオーリニャック文化層に発見された。…

※「アンファン洞窟」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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