Arcy-sur-Cure

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Arcy-sur-Cure
Arcy-sur-Cure is located in France
Arcy-sur-Cure
Arcy-sur-Cure
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Location within Burgundy region
Arcy-sur-Cure is located in Burgundy
Arcy-sur-Cure
Arcy-sur-Cure
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Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Yonne
Arrondissement Auxerre
Canton Vermenton
Area1 26.33 km2 (10.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 521
 • Density 20/km2 (51/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 89015 / 89270
Elevation 121–301 m (397–988 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Arcy-sur-Cure is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France.

The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those of Chauvet Cave.[1] Archeological remains at the Grotte du Renne were taken to provide evidence that Neanderthals had modern human behavior, but this is now doubted.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Grottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure Official website (English)
  2. Higham T, Jacobi R, Julien M, David F, Basell L, Wood R, Davies W, Ramsey CB.C (2010). Chronology of the Grotte du Renne (France) and implications for the context of ornaments and human remains within the Chatelperronian. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1007963107 PMID 20956292
  3. Mellars P. (2010). Neanderthal symbolism and ornament manufacture: The bursting of a bubble? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. doi:10.1073/pnas.1014588107


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