7,000-year-old deer antler headdress from Eilsleben illustrates contact between hunter–gatherers and early farmers

Central Germany is among the regions where, as early as the mid-6th millennium BC, farmers displaced the Mesolithic ...

NYC’s Green-Wood Cemetery will soon offer corpse composting option that returns bodies to the earth

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Ancient Origins

Rare Deer Skull Headdress Found in Germany Shows Early Cultural Exchange

A rare roe deer skull headdress unearthed at the early Neolithic settlement of Eilsleben in Saxony-Anhalt is sharpening the picture of how Europe’s first farmers and local hunter-gatherers interacted, ...