Jens NotroffNaughty boy, this is not your chew bone! đśđŚ´
Among the many fascinating finds from the so-called #Shaman of #BadDĂźrrenberg's burial, a large #BoneAwl may tell a little #SundayArchaeology story of a #Mesolithic #dog ... who was not a good boy.
5 bone awls were buried with the #shamaness at #BadDĂźrrenberg, some even decorated.
The largest of them shows gnawing marks left by a #dog. Not very extensive, but visible. Seems, *someone* tried to make off with a nice catch - but got caught himself, the little tool retrieved.
These #BoneAwls and other related "Analyses of #Mesolithic grave goods from upright seated individuals in Central #Germany" have been published by J. M. GrĂźnberg et al. in a contribution to an edited volume on "Mesolithic #burials" in 2016:
More on the extraordinary burial of the #Mesolithic #BadDĂźrrenberg "#shamaness" and latest analyses of this spectacular find from central #Germany have been reported recently e.g. here in #Archaeology Mag by @spoke32:
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/501-2303/features/11195-germany-mesolithic-shaman-burial
And if you read some German (and because today's #WorldBookDay), a recent book by H. Meller and K. Michel has been published on "Das Rätsel der #Schamanin" by #Rowohlt (also telling this little #Mesolithic #dog anecdote):
https://www.rowohlt.de/buch/harald-meller-kai-michel-das-raetsel-der-schamanin-9783498003012
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unfortunately, Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut genug. do you think there will be an english version jens?
unfortunately, Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut genug. do you think there will be an english version jens?