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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierSite Name: Hohlefels Höhle Alternative Name: Hohle Fels Cave, Hohler Fels, Venus of SchelklingenCountry: Germany
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Land: Baden-Wuerttemberg Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Ulm Nearest Village: Schelklingen
Latitude: 48.379167N Longitude: 9.755556E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The first excavation took place in 1870, yielding remnants of cave bears, reindeer, mammoths and horses as well as tools belonging to the Aurignacian culture of the Upper Paleolithic. The cave was inhabited from 30,000 BC.
Further excavations in 1958 to 1960, 1977, and 2002 yielded a number of spectacular finds, including several specimens of prehistoric sculpture such as an ivory bird and a human-lion hybrid figure similar to the lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel but only 2.5 cm tall.
In 2008, a team from the University of Tübingen, led by archaeologist Nicholas Conard, discovered an artifact known as the Venus of Hohle Fels, dated to around 35,000 to 40,000 years ago. This is the earliest known Venus figurine and the earliest undisputed example of figurative art. The team also unearthed a bone flute in the cave, and found two fragments of ivory flutes in nearby caves. The flutes date back at least 35,000 years and are the earliest musical instruments ever found.
Artifacts are at Tübingen Universität museum
Source: Wikipedia
The Venus of Hohle Fels has been dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago, belonging to the early Aurignacian, at the very beginning of the Upper Paleolithic, which is associated with the assumed earliest presence of Homo sapiens in Europe (Cro-Magnon). It is the oldest undisputed example of Upper Paleolithic art and figurative prehistoric art in general. In 2011, the figure is still being researched in the University of Tübingen, though there are plans to house it and other discoveries from the region in a planned new museum in Swabia.
More at: Wikipedia and see the comments below for the latest discoveries.
Note: Archaeologists discover the oldest tool used to manufacture twine (probably), see the comments on our page for this and many more discoveries from Hohle Fels Cave
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