Archaeologists preparing the bones for recoveryOeAW-OeAI/H.Parow-Souchon
Posted on 05/24/2024 5:18:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A man who was renovating his wine cellar in Austria has made an extraordinary discovery. It wasn't a vintage red or white - but the remains of prehistoric mammoths...
The winemaker, Andreas Pernerstorfer, came across a number of huge bones, buried deep in his wine cellar in the village of Gobelsburg, in the district of Krems, west of Vienna.
He reported his find to the authorities, who identified them as the bones of at least three Stone Age mammoths...
"I thought it was just a piece of wood left by my grandfather. But then I dug it out a bit and then I remembered that in the past my grandfather said he had found teeth. And then I immediately thought it was a mammoth," he said...
The Institute says the last time there was a comparable discovery was 150 years ago, also in the district of Krems.
"During the excavation there, the cellars in question were completely cleared out. Other comparable sites in Austria and neighbouring countries were mostly excavated at least 100 years ago and have largely been lost to modern research," it said in a statement...
Researchers say the discovery raises questions about how Stone Age people hunted mammoths.
"We know that humans hunted mammoths, but we still know very little about how they did it," Ms Parow-Souchon said.
They believe the mammoths could have died on the spot where the bones were found - chased there by humans who may have set a trap for them.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Archaeologists preparing the bones for recoveryOeAW-OeAI/H.Parow-Souchon
Thanks for link.
Did the bones improve with age?
Well obviously they hunted them in wine cellars. Probably trapped them there with the prospect of some cheap wine and speared the poor drunken devils.
"I thought it was just a piece of wood left by my grandfather. But then I dug it out a bit and then I remembered that in the past my grandfather said he had found teeth..."
Ötzi called. He wants his dentures back.
Aren’t our Ru$$ian pals trying to bring back some of these species via cloning? I thought I read something about that somewhere.
I know it’s a wine cellar, but maybe there’s a potential name for an aged spirit-
“Old Woolly Bones?”
My marketing sense isn’t that good🙄
The mammoth was served with a white wine sauce. This guy’s just carrying on a tradition without having known it.
“...and how he got there I’ll never know.”
Mammoths drank wine?
Science is so amazing.
The owner shot them in his pajamas.
How they got in his pajamas he’ll never know.
🙂
Did they also find the Cask of Amontillado with the bones?
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