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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Langbohrer from the S/W-German Magdalenian
There is a variety of Paleolithic tools that are usually called borers and which were indeed used as rotary Drills (http://www.aggsbach.de/2010/12/bohrer-drill-from-the-mesolithic-of-demark/). Artifacts with a suggested drilling function are known already from the early Paleolithic (Bilzingsleben, La Micoque). Drills were never very abundant … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Bec, Hambougien, Magdalenian, Magdalenien, Zinken
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The “Venus” of Mauern
Figurine from Mauern (Original: Prähistorische Staatssammlung, München, Germany; Facsimile: Kirchhoff Collection; University Göttingen)) The Weinberghöhlen is a cave complex consisting of five cavities near Mauern in Bavaria near the Danube. During the last ice age people lived in the entrances … Continue reading
The Lausitz “Culture”
This is a 3000 years old ”Buckelurne” from the late Bronze age . The Lusatian (Lausitz) complex is an archaeological “culture” of the late Bronze Age [1600-1300 BC] of eastern Germany and Poland, parts of Czech Republic and Slovakia. The … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Bronze Age, Kossinna, Siedlungsarchaeologie
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Azilian from the Roc d’Abeilles rock shelter
These are three broken Azilian bi-points from the Espitalié collection excavated at the”Roc d’Abeilles” rock shelter in Dordogne. The Azilian (s.s) is an industry of the Epipaleolithic in northern Spain, France and Switzerland. It was first described from the large … Continue reading
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Tagged Alleröd, Azilian, Azilien, Federmesser, Magdalenian, Magdalenien
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Handaxe from the Bergerac region
The Bergerac region is full of archaeological sites, mainly known from old surface collections (http://www.aggsbach.de/2011/02/the-prehistory-of-the-bergerac-region-in-the-dordogne/). This flat handaxe with multiple traces of resharpening and thinning has been found during the 1910ies near Bergerac and is heavily patinated. With the advent … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulian, Acheulien, Bergeracois, Lower Paleolithic
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A Zinken from the Hamburgian
This is a Hambourgian Zinken (6×2,8×1,2 cm). The Hamburgian culture is characterized by the association of specialized stone tools (shouldered points, Zinken, endscrapers with a lateral retouche) and by the presence of a mobile lifestyle of hunter-gatherer communities following large … Continue reading
Posted in Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Tagged Bec, Cepoy-Marsagny, Hambourgian, Hamburgian, Magdalenian, Magdalenien, Steinzeit, Zinken
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