FURFOOZ

furfooz, a village some 10 m. from dinant in the ardennes, belgium. three caves containing prehistoric remains were here excavated in 1872. of these the _trou de frontal_ is the most famous. in it were found human skeletons with brachycephalic skulls, associated with animal bones, those of the reindeer being particularly plentiful. among the skeletons was discovered an oval vase of pottery. the furfooz type of mankind is believed to date from the close of the quaternary age. g. de mortillet dates the type in the robenhausen epoch of the neolithic period. his theory is that the bones are those of men of that period buried in what had been a cave-dwelling of the madelenian epoch.