Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Unique workshop of Palaeolithic hunters discovered in Silesia

The  digital model of a biface discovered in the area of the site.
Below, a schematic tool cross section showing the method of
making of  plano-convex form. Scanning by M. Mackiewicz
More than a thousand flint tools and waste generated on during their treatment were discovered near Pietrowice Wielkie (Silesia) by archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław - told PAP head researcher Dr. Andrzej Wiśniewski. The flint workshops, remains of which were found by archaeologists, had been used by Neanderthals. The researchers are waiting for more detailed information on the site dating. The workshop is certainly more than 45 thousand years old.  "Tools were made by a specific canon of Neanderthals living in Central Europe. These items have a cutting edge on both sides, they are bifacial" - said Dr. Wiśniewski.

Unique workshop of Palaeolithic hunters discovered in Silesia

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