page_title: Bèze (river)
section_title: Human occupation
hierarchical_section_title: Bèze (river) / Human occupation
caption_attribution_description: dents bifaces nucléus musée archéologique de Dijon France
context_page_description: The Bèze is a French river in the Côte-d'Or department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
  It is a right tributary of the Saône, and thus a sub-tributary of the Rhône.
  The river rises in the Crétanne cave in the village of Bèze, then crosses several communes in its 31.2 kilometres course before entering the Saône in Vonges.
  Its source is the outlet of a vast underground network fed by the Tille and the Venelle.
  A walk has been laid out around the spring, which is a major tourist attraction in the region.
  The watershed of the Bèze river and its main tributary, the Albane, irrigates the Saône Vingeanne country, over a total area of 250 square kilometres
  Along its course the landscape alternates between forested areas and areas of large crops, livestock meadows and ponds.
  The basin is home to four natural areas of interest for their ecology, fauna and flora.
  Human occupation along the river began as early as the Paleolithic.
  In Roman Gaul the sanctuary of Mirebeau-sur-Bèze, on an important axis of communication, was an important place in the region.
  The site was occupied by the Legio VIII Augusta, who built an imposing military camp.
caption: Examples of bifaces found in Burgundy, similar to those found at Bèze, in the Musée archéologique de Dijon
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