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7,000-year-old deer antler headdress from Eilsleben illustrates contact between hunter–gatherers and early farmers

Central Germany is among the regions where, as early as the mid-6th millennium BC, farmers displaced the Mesolithic hunter–gatherers from the fertile loess soils. Soon after this migration, however, exchange began between the newcomers and the established inhabitants. The State Office for Heritage M...

7,000-year-old deer antler headdress from Eilsleben illustrates contact between hunter–gatherers and early farmers
Image: Phys.org
Central Germany is among the regions where, as early as the mid-6th millennium BC, farmers displaced the Mesolithic hunter–gatherers from the fertile loess soils. Soon after this migration, however, exchange began between the newcomers and the established inhabitants. The State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt is investigating the Neolithic Eilsleben settlement, a key site for understanding this period.

Originally published at Phys.org

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