In total, only one dozen seated Gallic graves are knownthe other three being in Switzerland.
Some of the childrens graves also contained grave goods, including coins and ceramics (as shown below).
INRAPs work is never done.
Seated Gauls in an Iron Age site in Dijon.Photo: © Hervé Laganier, Inrap
The other sarcophagus contains Antoine de la Porte, a church authority who died in 1710.
Suffice to say, were keeping an eye on the institutes work.
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A skeleton found buried in a seated position, unearthed at the site of an ancient French cemetery. © Christophe Fouquin, Inrap
A child’s grave with ceramic deposits found at the site. Photo: © Astrid Couilloud, Inrap
