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Category Archives: Plaeolithics and Neolithics
Petersfels
This is a picture of the Petersfels cave, a large Magdalenian site in S/W-Germany, which I was lucky to visit in the very hot summer of 2003. It is a cave, slightly above the valley floor, with a large, well-preserved … Continue reading
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Tagged Magdalenian, Magdalenien, Petersfels, Venus Figurines, “Lalinde / Gönnersdorf”
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The Denticulated Mousterian in S/W-France
Three denticulated tools from the Middle Paleolithic of the Dordogne (the left one from Combe Capelle, 6-7cm long). The Backing of tools in the MTA-B and the Chatelperronian and a similar geographical distribution of both technocomplexes is highly suggestive that the … Continue reading
Versigny and the MTA of Northern France
When I visited “le nord” in the 1980ies, people of this part of France appeared to me alarmingly impoverished. At this time I could not imagine, that decreasing wealth would be a common phenomenon during the coming years for many … Continue reading
Victor Commont and the French Prehistory in the early 20th century
These are some pages from Commonts publication about the geology and the Paleolithic around Amiens published in 1909. Gabriel De Mortillet’s classification of the Paleolithic has been revised and modified by himself many times, but it still forms the basis … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulean, Acheulian, Biface, Cheleen, Mousterian, Mousterien, Somme, Steinzeit, stone age, Victor Commont
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Saint-Même-les-Carrières 300000 years ago….
This is a classic Acheulian Handaxe from Saint-Même, found 1973 (18 cm long). The territory of Saint-Même-les-Carrières is situated about ten kilometers south east of Cognac in Western France,near the banks of the Charente and was already introduced during an … Continue reading
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Tagged Acheulean, Acheulian, Artifacts, Handaxe, Saint-Même-les-Carrières, Steinzeit, stone age
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Assymetric
An asymmetric bifacial implement from Northern France, found in the 1970ies together with some bifacial scrapers, probably related to some kind of “Keilmesser” inventory. In General, Handaxes before OIS 8 in Central and West Europe follow a symmetrical concept. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciemna, Inden-Altdorf, Königsaue, Micoquian, Micoquien, Sesselfelsgrotte, Wylotne
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Karel Absolon and the Moravian Paleolithic
A small Gravette and a micro saw, found during the early1920ies at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia. This place was first excavated by Karel Absolon. Karel Absolon (June 16, 1877 – October 6, 1960) was a Czech paleontologist, and speleologist. Without … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahnenerbe, Gravettian, Karel Absolon, Ondratice, Otoslavice, Pavlovian, Pekarna, stone age
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A Neolithic Arrowhead from Neuenburg (Lower Saxonia)
Some years ago I found this projectile point near Neuenburg (Lower Saxonia near Oldenburg) 20 km from the cost of the North Sea. The arrowhead displayed here is similar to other examples of Nothern Europe from the late Neolithic. Such arrowheads … Continue reading
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Tagged Friesland, Jade, neolithic, Neuenburg, Varel
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A large Gravette from the La Rochette rock shelter
This is a large Gravette(8cm long) from the La Rochette rock shelter, introduced during earlier posts. a La Rochette is an Abri, situated near Le Moustier, which was almost completely destroyed by various ”excavators” (among them the infamous Otto Hauser). H. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquitaine, Aze, Gravettian, Gravettien, Hohle Fels, La Rochette, Sire, Vezere
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Gravette from Aggsbach / Wachau
This is a small pointed blade (4,3 cm long) with bilaterally abrupt retouches made of patinated hornfels or flint, It was found at Aggsbach; Wachau, Lower Austria. Similar implements are known from the Aggsbach Gravettian B site. The Danube, given the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggsbach, Gravette, Gravettian, Katzman, Krems, Pavlovian, Spitz, Steinzeit, stone age, Willendorf
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