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Gournay-sur-Aronde

4th–1st century BCE · 4th century BCE

Gournay-sur-Aronde is a village in the Oise department of northern France and the site of an Iron Age Gallic sanctuary excavated from 1977 by Jean-Louis Brunaux. The enclosed sanctuary, in the territory of the Bellovaci, held deposits of thousands of deliberately broken weapons, cattle and other animal remains and human bones. It became a reference site for understanding Gallic religious practice and warrior offerings.

Gournay-sur-Aronde
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gournay-sur-Aronde. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gournay-sur-aronde
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