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On the Reconstruction of the Mammoth Ivory Flute from Geißenklösterle Cave. A Field Report

Posted on: Last updated on: Author: Wulf Hein 
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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.


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Shara Bailey (New York) 
François Bon (Toulouse) 
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski­Windheuser (Mainz) 
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) 
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) 
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­Ricalens (Luxemburg) 
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) 
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix­en­Provence) 
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) 
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) 
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) 
Pawel Valde­Nowak (Krakow) 
Lyn Wadley (Johannesburg)"
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 30
Seit der Entdeckung der Flöten aus den Aurignacien-Schichten der Höhlen auf der Schwäbischen Alb beschäftigt sich der Autor mit der Rekonstruktion dieser bislang ältesten Musikinstrumente der Welt. Der folgende Bericht beschreibt die Erfahrungen, die bei der Arbeit gesammelt werden konnten, am Beispiel des jüngsten Nachbaus der Mammutelfenbeinflöte aus dem Geißenklösterle.
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The Adventurous Way of the Vogelherd Figurines – From their Discovery until Today

Posted on: Last updated on: Authors: Sibylle Wolf, Benjamin Schürch, Jens A. Frick, Michael Seifert 
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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.


Editor-in-Chief

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Shara Bailey (New York) 
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Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski­Windheuser (Mainz) 
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) 
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) 
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­Ricalens (Luxemburg) 
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) 
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix­en­Provence) 
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) 
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) 
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) 
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 30
The prehistorian Gustav Riek excavated the Vogelherd figurines in the Vogelherd Cave near Niederstotzingen in 1931. Riek obviously had a strong bond with the figurines. They are among the oldest figurative artworks worldwide. We discuss their discovery.
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The Cultural and Chronostratigraphic Context of a New Leaf Point from Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of Southwestern Germany

Posted on: Last updated on: Authors: Nicholas J. Conard, Alexander Janas, Diana Marcazzan, Christopher E. Miller, Maïlys Richard, Benjamin Schürch, and Chantal Tribolo 
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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.


Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Michael Bolus


Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) 
François Bon (Toulouse) 
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski­Windheuser (Mainz) 
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) 
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) 
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­Ricalens (Luxemburg) 
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) 
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix­en­Provence) 
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) 
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) 
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) 
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 30
During the summer of 2020 the excavation team at Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of southwestern Germany recovered a leaf point (in German Blattspitze) made from gray Jurassic chert. The find is well-preserved and remarkable for a number of reasons.
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A Leaf Point Documents Hunting with Spears in the Middle Paleolithic at Hohle Fels, Germany

Posted on: Last updated on: Authors: Veerle Rots, Justin Coppe, Nicholas J. Conard 
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Older issues: MGfU Reports #1-28 are available via the GFU website.

Please direct any questions to N.J. Conard, M. Bolus or a member of the editorial board.


Editor-in-Chief

Nicholas J. Conard


Editor

Michael Bolus


Editorial Board

Shara Bailey (New York) 
François Bon (Toulouse) 
Ariane Burke (Montreal)
Katja Douze (Geneva)
Clive Gamble (London)
Sabine Gaudzinski­Windheuser (Mainz) 
Katerina Harvati (Tübingen)
Jean­Jacques Hublin (Leipzig)
Robert L. Kelly (Laramie, Wyoming) 
Johannes Krause (Leipzig/Tübingen) 
Steven L. Kuhn (Tucson)
Foni Le Brun­Ricalens (Luxemburg) 
Feng Li (Beijing)
Christopher E. Miller (Tübingen) 
Philip Nigst (Vienna)
Akira Ono (Tokyo)
Marco Peresani (Ferrara)
Guillaume Porraz (Aix­en­Provence) 
Jürgen Richter (Köln)
Simone Riehl (Tübingen)
Florent Rivals (Tarragona)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden) 
Veerle Rots (Liège)
Britt M. Starkovich (Tübingen) 
Thorsten Uthmeier (Erlangen) 
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Published in: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte, Vol. 30
During the 2020 season at Hohle Fels Cave in the Ach Valley of southwestern Germany the excavation team from the University of Tübingen recovered a bifacial leaf point in archaeological horizon (AH) X. This horizon is the fifth deepest of the Middle Paleolithic horizons at the site and is located roughly 120 cm beneath the base of the rich Aurignacian layers of the cave.
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