Monthly Archives: July 2011

Polished Neolithic Arrowheads from Mauretania

Posted on 07/31/2011 by Katzman

Polished arrowheads made of black, brown or reddish schist and sandstone have been first described during the 1930ies and are found in the modern states of Southern Mauretania, Niger and Mali. It has long been suggested on typological grounds, that … Continue reading →

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Simple Endscrapers from the Natufian at Nahal Oren

Posted on 07/29/2011 by Katzman

The site of Nahal Oren is located in an ecotone at the foot of the western escarpment of Mt. Carmel, Israel within the Mediterranean climatic zone. The different ecological micro-habitats include the hills (up to 200 m) to the east, … Continue reading →

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Stone Age after the Stone Age: Findings from the “Ochsenhart” site in Bavaria

Posted on 07/12/2011 by Katzman

This is a rough out of an early Bronze Age dagger from the Bavarian workshop site “Ochsenhardt”. Here the so called “Plattensilex” was used in large quantities for the production of daggers. Anyhow it remains unclear if this work was … Continue reading →

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Papaver Somniferum during the European Neolithic

Posted on 07/10/2011 by Katzman

“The opium poppy has been cultivated since Neolithic times, perhaps in the first place for poppy-seed oil, but who can doubt that its narcotic property enhanced its value” (Dimbleby 1967). Opium alkaloids are a group of chemical compounds naturally occurring … Continue reading →

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Just for your pleasure: Neolithic Sickles from Scandinavia

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Katzman

In 1973, Ebbe Lomborg published ‘Die Flintdolche Dänemarks, which is still a major source of Late Neolithic Culture in Denmark. Here he classified and chronologically orders the Late Neolithic hallmark, the pressure-flaked flint dagger, into types and subtypes, hence continuing … Continue reading →

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Pointe d’Isturitz

Posted on 07/09/2011 by Katzman

Basal part of a Pointe d’Isturitz found in the 1930ies near Les Eyzies and sold during the early years of Vichy-France to a German soldier. Complete artifacts of this type are very rare.  The point Pointe d’Isturitz is known from … Continue reading →

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Chalcolithic near Perpétairi à Mollans

Posted on 07/04/2011 by Katzman

North in the Department of Vaucluse, near the famous Mont Ventoux, the valley of the Ouvèze is rich in prehistoric sites. It is near the confluence of the Ouvèze and Toulourenc, where during the first days of WW I the … Continue reading →

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Triangular Point from the Michaelsberg (Michelsberg Culture)

Posted on 07/03/2011 by Katzman

This is a flat triangular point found at the Michaelsberg at Untergrombach. The Michelsberg culture is named after the Michaelsberg, a hill at Untergrombach, Baden-Würtenberg; Germany. The site was first discovered in 1884 and excavated by K. Schumacher from 1888-1889 … Continue reading →

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