Posted on 07/27/2012 7:52:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Bapska, eastern Croatia have stumbled across 6,500 year old deer antlers. The hunting trophy was found hanging on the wall of prehistoric house along with valuable items of jewellery, writes website dalje.com.
"We have the oldest deer hunting trophy in Croatia," said Marcel Buric, the head researcher at the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb.
According to Buric, local hunters from Bapska have estimated that the deer, where the antlers trophy has come from, would have weighed between 220 and 250 kilograms and would have been extremely strong due to its 12 antlers.
"It was in prehistoric times and would have needed real skill to catch such an animal, and with only stones as weapons. It is a known fact that deers are fast animals," concluded Buric.
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Dogs. and a spear. but dogs.
Orrrr, maybe the deer built the whole place, lived happily there for millennia, then the humans got there and killed them in their beds. ;’)
6,500 year old antlers? Older house? Sounds like a real “fixer-upper”.
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