Geißenklösterle

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Geißenklösterle is an important Paleolithic cave site in southwestern Germany known for some of the earliest examples of figurative art and musical instruments created by modern humans in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleolithic archaeological site
cave
artifactsDatedTo more than 40,000 years ago
associatedWithSpecies Homo sapiens
contains Aurignacian I layer
Aurignacian II layer
Middle Paleolithic deposits
country Germany NERFINISHED
culture Aurignacian NERFINISHED
Gravettian NERFINISHED
earliestOccupationDate Early Upper Paleolithic
about 43,000 years ago
excavationBy Joachim Hahn NERFINISHED
excavationStartDate 1970s
hasDiscovery bone flutes
charcoal
faunal remains
hearth features
ivory figurines
ivory flutes
lithic artifacts
personal ornaments
hasEvidenceFor advanced lithic technology
complex musical traditions
symbolic behavior
knownFor Aurignacian occupation layers
Upper Paleolithic deposits
early figurative art
early musical instruments
locatedIn Baden-Württemberg
Swabian Jura NERFINISHED
southwestern Germany
materialUsedForArt mammoth ivory
materialUsedForInstruments bird bone
mammoth ivory
nearestSettlement Blaubeuren NERFINISHED
partOf Ach Valley NERFINISHED
Swabian Jura Paleolithic cave complex NERFINISHED
period Middle Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic
relatedSite Hohle Fels NERFINISHED
Hohlenstein-Stadel NERFINISHED
Vogelherd Cave NERFINISHED
researchFocus early modern human dispersal into Central Europe
origin of symbolic behavior in Europe
significance one of the earliest sites of figurative art in Europe
one of the earliest sites of musical instrument production in the world
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2017
UNESCOStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage "Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura"

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Swabian Jura contains Geißenklösterle