Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps
The finding of a partially preserved elk skeleton from the Bavarian Alps is reported. Remnants of an adult male were found, together with skeletal elements of juvenile moose calves, at the base of a talus cone in the pit cave Stiefelschacht, next to Lenggries (southern Germany). The adult's bon...
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ftmuenchenepub:oai:epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de:90614 2023-05-15T13:13:16+02:00 Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps Pasda, Kerstin Correa, Matthias Loepez Stojakowits, Philipp Haeck, Bernhard Prieto, Jeroeme Al-Fudhaili, Najat Mayr, Christoph 2020-01-01 application/pdf https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/1/egqsj-69-187-2020.pdf https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/ http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-90614-2 https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020 eng eng Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Pasda, Kerstin; Correa, Matthias Loepez; Stojakowits, Philipp; Haeck, Bernhard; Prieto, Jeroeme; Al-Fudhaili, Najat; Mayr, Christoph (2020): Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps. In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, Vol. 69, Nr. 2: S. 187-200 [PDF, 11MB] https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/1/egqsj-69-187-2020.pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-90614-2 https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/ doi:10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020 E&G Quaternary Science Journal Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften ddc:550 doc-type:article Zeitschriftenartikel NonPeerReviewed 2020 ftmuenchenepub https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020 2022-11-28T00:27:15Z The finding of a partially preserved elk skeleton from the Bavarian Alps is reported. Remnants of an adult male were found, together with skeletal elements of juvenile moose calves, at the base of a talus cone in the pit cave Stiefelschacht, next to Lenggries (southern Germany). The adult's bones exhibited anthropogenic traces like cut marks and were radiocarbon-dated to the Late Iron Age. A projectile hole in the left shoulder blade and cut marks on the bones are indicative of hunting and meat usage. The elk remains were associated with several wild and domestic species such as ungulates and hare but were not, however, accompanied by archaeological artefacts. Other archaeological sites of the Late Iron Age are so far not known within a distance of less than 30 km to the Stiefelschacht. While the presence of elk during prehistoric times in the Alps has already been known before, the finds and the location are unique in that they are the first evidence of elk hunting during the Late Iron Age in the northern Alps. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Open Access LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) E&G Quaternary Science Journal 69 2 187 200 |
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Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften ddc:550 Pasda, Kerstin Correa, Matthias Loepez Stojakowits, Philipp Haeck, Bernhard Prieto, Jeroeme Al-Fudhaili, Najat Mayr, Christoph Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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The finding of a partially preserved elk skeleton from the Bavarian Alps is reported. Remnants of an adult male were found, together with skeletal elements of juvenile moose calves, at the base of a talus cone in the pit cave Stiefelschacht, next to Lenggries (southern Germany). The adult's bones exhibited anthropogenic traces like cut marks and were radiocarbon-dated to the Late Iron Age. A projectile hole in the left shoulder blade and cut marks on the bones are indicative of hunting and meat usage. The elk remains were associated with several wild and domestic species such as ungulates and hare but were not, however, accompanied by archaeological artefacts. Other archaeological sites of the Late Iron Age are so far not known within a distance of less than 30 km to the Stiefelschacht. While the presence of elk during prehistoric times in the Alps has already been known before, the finds and the location are unique in that they are the first evidence of elk hunting during the Late Iron Age in the northern Alps. |
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Pasda, Kerstin Correa, Matthias Loepez Stojakowits, Philipp Haeck, Bernhard Prieto, Jeroeme Al-Fudhaili, Najat Mayr, Christoph |
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Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps |
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cave finds indicate elk (alces alces) hunting during the late iron age in the bavarian alps |
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Pasda, Kerstin; Correa, Matthias Loepez; Stojakowits, Philipp; Haeck, Bernhard; Prieto, Jeroeme; Al-Fudhaili, Najat; Mayr, Christoph (2020): Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps. In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, Vol. 69, Nr. 2: S. 187-200 [PDF, 11MB] https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/1/egqsj-69-187-2020.pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-90614-2 https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/90614/ doi:10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020 |
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