Rose diagrams showing the long-axis orientation for bones collected at Velaux-La Bastide Neuve.

<p>(a) represents the south-east/north-west trend for long bones from the second taphonomic layer (BB1; n = 23); and (b) shows the orientation pattern for long bones of the third taphonomic layer (BB2; n = 12). Statistical analyses show that the null hypothesis of uniformly distributed data can be rejected for (a) but cannot be rejected for (b); Rayleigh’s test, (b) z = 2.969, p < 0.05; (b) z = 0.661, p > 0.05.