MONREPOS Archäologisches Forschungszentrum und Museum für menschliche Verhaltensevolution
Germany, Neuwied
#Paleolithic #Archaeology #Research #Museum
Pleistocene and Early Holocene Archaeology
https://monrepos.leiza.de/
Neandertaler in Mitteleuropa jagten Sumpfschildkröten: Panzer der erbeuteten Reptilien wurden möglicherweise als Schöpflöffel benutzt / Forschungskooperation von #UniMainz & @paleomonrepos / #LEIZA & #UniLeiden 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/neandertaler-in-mitteleuropa-jagten-sumpfschildkroeten/
Neanderthals in Central Europe hunted pond turtles: Shells of captured reptiles may have been used as ladles / Research collaboration of #MainzUniversity & @paleomonrepos / #LEIZA & #UniLeiden 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals-in-central-europe-hunted-pond-turtles/
Our DiPA (Dialogues in Pleistocene Archaeology) will continue on March 18th, at 10.30.
Josh London (SHEP) will talk about Upper Paleolithic craft traditions and regional exchange networks.
Zoom registration possible!
#paleomonrepos #archaeology #palaeolithic #paleolithic #leizarchaeology
🔥New paper out now in Science Advances🔥
News from the straight-tusked elephants from Neumark-Nord!
An international team has uncovered spectacular insights into life histories of some elephants by analysing their tooth enamel.
The study is the latest in a series of ongoing scientific analyses of artefacts from the former Neumark-Nord opencast lignite mine.
Read now 👇
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0114
#palaeolithic #paleolithic #archaeology #Neanderthals #elephants
The conference proceedings "Zur Geschichte der Kleidung in der Steinzeit / A Stone Age History of Clothing" from the 2024 Archaeological Conference of Central Germany in Halle (Saale) have finally been published.
#archaeology #clothing #fashion #stoneage #openaccess
Click here to download 👇
https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/catalog/book/1678
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MONREPOS wurde vom Kulturministerium und vom Museumsverband Rheinland-Pfalz zum "Museum des Monats Januar 2026" gewählt.
Vielen Dank! Wir freuen uns sehr über diese Auszeichnung. 🥳
#paleomonrepos #leiza #museum #museumsverband #rheinlandpfalz #kultur #archäologie
🔥New paper out now in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports🔥
The team used a combination of innovative traceological methods and manual and robotic experimentation to analyse various 15,800-year-old engraved stone plaquettes to investigate hand preferences of individual engravers.
Read now 👇
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X25005565?via%3Dihub#f0015
🔥New paper out now in Journal of Human Evolution🔥
Grăunceanu (Romania) with an estimated age >1.95 Ma is not an archaeological site!
A new study by the MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre (LEIZA), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Leiden University has refuted the evidence of human activity in the form of cut marks on animal bones.
@paleomonrepos
#Archaeology #Research #taphonomy #zooarchaeology #archeology #animalbones
Read now 👇
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425001393?via%3Dihub
A new study, led by @paleomonrepos and @leidenarchaeology together with @lda_sachsenanhalt, shows that Neanderthals systematically broke bones to extract valuable fat — much earlier than previously thought. A milestone that changes our view of Neanderthals as clever and strategic hunter-gatherers.
#LEIZArchaeology #paleomonrepos #Neanderthals #Neandertaler #Archäologie #Archaeology #Research #Forschung #Prehistory #Paleolithic #NeumarkNord #Anthropology #BecomingHuman
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