Re: Gaesatae Question
My mistake, the site name is Ribemont-sur-Ancre.
http://www.ribemontsurancre.cg80.fr/
Don't look here if you are weak of heart.
http://www.ribemontsurancre.cg80.fr/images/histoss8.jpg
This may be Belgy?
My French is not good, yet here in English...
This assumption was amply confirmed by the work of students from the University of Amiens directed by Jean-Louis Cadoux, which explored the different loci revealed by aerial photography from 1968 to 1987: the great temple, theatre, a spa and a craft area.
In 1982, Jean-Louis Cadoux discovered a strange structure made of human bones, since called the "ossuary," which indicated that the Gallo-Roman sanctuary was of Gaulish origin. The following years revealed that it was a large quadrangular enclosure bounded by a ditch. This and the adjacent area was strewn with human remains and iron weapons. By 1987 the identification of a vast and intricate burial of human remains confirmed the infeasibility of continued exploration with the available means and time, thus an investigation using academic standards was planned.
The necessary prerequisites (a multidisciplinary team with technical support, access to the property, permission to store and study the archaeological artifacts and research data) were collected and a new excavation program was begun by Jean-Louis Brunaux in 1990. This was due to the concerted efforts of the General Council, served by Alain Gest, the local representative, the CNRS, superintendent Ecole Normale, with financial support from the Culture Ministry, which made possible the new excavation program, with the creation of the Regional Archaeological Center and plans to develop the site.
Twelve additional years of excavations demonstrated that this site was not a typical Gallic temple, rather it was a memorial that commemorated (with trophies) an important battle that took place on the banks of the Anchor River, in the first decades of the third century BC. In this place the victors brought all the remains of their enemies and deposed them within a "sacred grove" (the quadrangular enclosure whose interior space was abandoned to the vegetation).
This place was respected and honoured by the Gauls for two and a half centuries. Only in the year 30 BC, as the Gallic Ambiani (after the region of Amiens), who had served in the Roman army, carefully dismantled the outdated facilities of their ancestors and replaced it with one inspired by the Roman temple. This place, was likely dedicated to public worship, which was improved until the 3rd century AD.
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Originally Posted by Elmetiacos
Bones! 
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