On a recent trip to germany mike stuchbery came across the remains of a woman who lived some 8 500 years ago astonishing not only for the impressive manner in which she was buried but the secrets that her bones contained.
Bad dürrenberg shaman.
A headdress with two deer antlers several boar tusk plaques 16 deer incisors 3 turtle shells 2 crane bones and a variety of shells needles knives and microblades.
The shaman of bad dürrenberg are the remains of a woman who was burried 7 000 to 6 600 year ago during the mesolithic age.
It contained the body of a woman aged 25 to 35 sitting upright and between her legs an infant 4 to 6 months old.
When the woman was buried she was 25 35 years old.
Bad dürrenberg is also a place of early industrialisation.
8 600 year old tortoise shells in neolithic graves in central china have early writing and shamanism.
Closed due to the preparation of the state garden show in 2023.
She probably limped due to an irregularity in her first vertebra.
The town of bad dürrenberg is located on the river saale between the cities of leipzig merseburg and weibenfels.
She was reverently covered with a 30 cm thick layer of red ochre.
Read the burial of bad dürrenberg central germany.
Depicted in the pic above.
The shamaness of bad dürrenberg in 1934 workers excavating a canal in saxan anhalt germany near the town of bad dürrenberg uncovered a remarkable grave.
With its well kept floral displays and grass surfaces as well as the over 90 year old palm trees the spa gardens of the brine town of bad dürrenberg convey the flair of the former health spa business.
Bad dürrenberg such a horned female shaman was buried at bad dürrenburg germany around 7000 bce.
9 000 8500 year old female shaman found in archaeological finds from bad dürrenberg germany.
Bad dürrenberg spa gardens.
The unusual many findings in her.
Saxony s first steam engine was used here saxony s first pharmaceutical and chemical factory was built here and even today the oldest railway tunnel in germany can be visited in the salt works area.
9 000 8500 year old horned female shaman bad dürrenberg germany.
Funeral ritual and other.
A female shaman was found barred with reconstructed regalia from animal bones horns teeth and shells.
The grave was found in bad dürrenberg which is in the saxon part of saxony anhalt.
Osteopathology and osteoarchaeology of a late mesolithic shaman s grave international journal of osteoarchaeology on deepdyve the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
Kurgan 6 000 years ago dolmens 7 000 years ago.
She probably limped due to an irregularity in her first vertebra.
Connected dolmen phenomenon of above ground stone burial structures.
A female shaman was buried at bad dürrenburg germany around 8000 years ago.