Schöningen spears
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The Schöningen spears are a set of ten Palaeolithic wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, G
The Schöningen spears (left), along with several double-pointed sticks (bottom right)
Excavation site
The littoral zone of a lake
Museum for the spears at the finding site
Schöningen site
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The Schöningen site is an archaeological site at a mine in Lower Saxony, in Germany that has yielded significant Paleolithic artifacts dating to approximately 300,000 years ago. It is best known for t
Schöningen spears
…The Schöningen spears are a set of ten Palaeolithic wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. The spears are among the oldest hunting weapons yet discovered and were found…
Photograph of the Schöningen mine in 2012
In situ bones of the butchered adult female straight-tusked elephant from layer 13 II-3