Ancient Mystery Unearthed: 7,000-Year-Old Pit Brimming with Beaver Bones Discovered During German Power Line Project
But still, the beaver pit does offer some insights about Neolithic people, in terms of what they hunted and how they used their prey.
“The Alsleben find thus not only points to specialized hunting strategies in the early Neolithic period,” the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt said, “but also allows us to draw conclusions about clothing at that time, which we can imagine to have been quite elaborate.”
After reading about the 7,000-year-old Neolithic pit filled with beaver bones that was found in Germany, discover the story of the Castoroides, the giant prehistoric beavers that went extinct long ago. Then, look through these fascinating and sometimes surprising images from bestiaries, illustrated animal encyclopedias from the Middle Ages.














