Weapons, Tools and Technology

The Wooden Finds from the Spear Horizon (Schoningen 13II-4)

edited by Dirk Leder, Annemieke Milks, Jens Lehmann and Thomas Terberger

Extent: 800 pages

Publisher: LEIZA – Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie

Subjects: European Prehistory

Series: RGZM/LEIZA - Forschungen zur Urgeschichte aus dem Tagebau von Schoningen

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2025)

ISBN: 9783884673782

8.23 x 11.77 inches

Price: $149.00

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Synopsis
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The former lakeshore site Schoningen dating to Marine Isotope Stage 9 (c. 300,000 years ago) entails an outstanding environmental archive of the Middle Pleistocene and provides unique insights into past hunter-gatherer lifeways, including the discovery of the first completely preserved wooden weapons of humankind.

Since 2021 a research team has systematically analysed the wooden assemblage from the famous Spear Horizon (Schoningen 13 II-4) with financial support of German Research Foundation (DFG). For the first time, this volume provides an overview of the well-preserved material which is the largest Palaeolithic wood assemblage worldwide. The study brings to light 188 wooden artefacts made of spruce, larch, and pine. A minimum of 25 hunting weapons is recognised including spears, throwing sticks and numerous point and shaft fragments. With a particular focus on woodworking technology and tool recycling, the new findings bear implications for the interpretation of Schoningen as a hunting/butchering site. Moreover, the study allows new insights into human evolution and cognitive capacity c. 300,000 years ago.

Edited by Dirk Leder
Edited by Jens Lehmann
Edited by Annemieke Milks,
Edited by Thomas Terberger

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