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

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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