“Discover the Secrets of the Ice Age: Archaeologists in Austria Unearth a 25,000-Year-Old Mammoth Graveyard!”
Indeed, these discoveries have added to the long and rich history of the Langmannersdorf an der Perschling site.
The History Of The Langmannersdorf An Der Perschling Site
The mammoths butchered at Langmannersdorf an der Perschling lived some 25,000 years ago, just before the peak of the last Ice Age. Then, mammoth herds roamed the plains of central Europe, frequently shadowed by bands of prehistoric human hunters. The plethora of bones found at Langmannersdorf an der Perschling suggests that these hunters understood mammoth migration routes.
Some 4,000 years ago, mammoths went extinct. (Though there are those today currently working to revive the woolly mammoth.) But the Langmannersdorf an der Perschling site preserved their memory.
Thomas Quine/Wikimedia CommonsA replication of a woolly mammoth.
Excavations at the site began between 1904 and 1907 and were expanded between 1919 and 1920. Now, they’re continuing, but today’s researchers have more tools to better understand what they find. Archaeologists are not only analyzing “stone tools and butchery traces” but also “ancient DNA and stable isotopes” from the bones and teeth of the mammoths. Other methods, like paleoenvironmental reconstructions, also help paint a more comprehensive picture of what life was like 25,000 years ago.
As such, the discovery of the mammoth remains at Langmannersdorf an der Perschling adds to the impressive heritage of this prehistoric site. Not only are the remains evidence of human hunting, but they also show what early humans did with the mammoths they killed. Alongside processing the animals for meat, hunters also methodically used the mammoths’ tusks to make weapons and tools from ivory.
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