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Bedburg-Königshoven

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Bedburg-Königshoven is a Mesolithic site where two head-dresses were discovered from Red deer antlers and skulls. They are often believed to be the oldest traces of shamanic and religious behaviour.Street, M. Jäger und Schamanen. Bedburg-Königshoven: ein Wohnplatz am Niederrhein vor 10000 Jahren. Mainz. 1989.Street, M. 1991. Bedburg-Königshoven: A Pre-Boreal Mesolithic site in the Lower Rhineland, Germany. In: N Barton, A J Roberts and D ARoe (eds.). The Late Glacial in north-west Europe: Human adaptation and environmental change at the end of the Pleistocene. CBA Research Report 77. 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

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