European Upper Palaeolithic

+34,000years of thedocumented dead.

A scientific inventory of Upper Palaeolithic skeletal remains across Europe — sites, individuals, bones, and dating, fully cross-referenced.

1,586 individuals
4,630 bone remains
106 skeletons
248 sites

Database last updated:8 May 2026

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Geographic Record

Explore by Location

248 burial sites mapped across Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to the Russian Plain.

Biological Record

1,586 Individuals

Biological profiles across 106 skeleton records, 4,630 bone remains, radiocarbon dating, and burial context.

Chronological Record

+34,000 Years

Cultural and chronological records from Aurignacian to Azilian — the full span of European Upper Palaeolithic human presence.