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A 14 000-year-old amber elk and the origins of northern European art

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ID7657652
AuthorsStephan Veil (Lower Saxony State Museum, corresponding author), Klaus Breest, Pieter M Grootes (0000-0003-4265-3168, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Pieter Grootes, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Marie‐josée Nadeau (0000-0001-9616-5632, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel), Matthias Hüls (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
Year2012
Volume86
Issue333
Pages660-673
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00047839
OpenAlexW2277592551
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited11

A Late Palaeolithic amber figurine has been skilfully recovered and reassembled from a ploughed open site in northern Germany. Dated between 11 800 and 11 680 cal BC it occupies a key point between the Magdalenian and the Mesolithic. The authors show that the figurine represents a female elk which was probably carried on the top of a wooden staff. They argue for continuity of art but change of belief in this crucial transition period

Archaeology · Art · Cave · Geography · Magdalenian · Mesolithic · Period (music · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year1
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 14
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