Le Petit-Chasseur

Sion, Switzerland

Le Petit Chasseur is the name of a megalithic site in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. Discovered in 1960 or 1961, it consists of three dolmens, dated to between 2900 and 2200 BC. It is associated with the Saône-Rhône culture, part of the local late Chalcolithic phase (éolithique final valasian). The younger parts of the site are associated with the Bell Beaker horizon, including a cemetery with the remains of about 90 individuals (Dolmen M XII).

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