Ancient antler headdress proves contact between hunter-gatherers and the earliest farmers

Ancient antler headdress proves contact between hunter-gatherers and the earliest farmers

A new examination of a 7,000-year-old roe deer antler headdress from Eilsleben provides compelling evidence of contact between Central Europe’s last hunter-gatherers and its earliest farming communities. The State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA) of Saxony-Anhalt has reanalysed material from the Neolithic settlement of Eilsleben-Vosswelle in the Börde district, a key site for understanding the transition from foraging to farm…