Sensation find: Stone Age mammoth hunters discovered in Langmannersdorf!

Sensation find: Stone Age mammoth hunters discovered in Langmannersdorf!

In an exciting archaeological find in Langmannersdorf, Lower Austria, scientists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) discovered remains of at least five mammoths that lived 25,000 years ago. During the excavations near St. Pölten, the researchers not only found mammus bones, but also numerous stone tools that provide indications of the way of life and the hunting techniques of the people at the time. These finds are particularly important because they grant new insights into the interactions between humans and mammoth during the last ice age, as krone.at reported.

The excavations that the recent Mammut Founding points now represent Central Europe have exposed two zones that contain bones on top of each other in several layers. In one of these zones, complete and disassembled tone was found, which indicates that the people here evaluated ivory, possibly for the production of spearheads. In addition, the locations show signs of early settlements, including fireplaces. According to Marc Handel, the senior archaeologist, the arrangement of the bones testifies to organized processing of the mammoth, which suggests a well-developed hunting culture, so IDW-online.de .

a window in the past

The researchers explain that the mammoths in the Persching valley were used as a pull and pasture area. "Obviously there was an ideal place to make the mammoths," said Handel. These discoveries throw a new light on the knowledge of the hunters at the time about the hikes of the animals. In addition to the fossilized remains, all finds are now stored for further scientific studies in the research institute in Krems and will later be transferred to the Vienna Natural History Museum. Some of the finds are also to be shown in the Perschling Heimatmuseum to make the history of this fascinating era tangible.