New Study Redates Famous Schöningen Spears - Archaeology Magazine

New Study Redates Famous Schöningen Spears - Archaeology Magazine

SCHÖNINGEN, GERMANY—Cutting-edge technology has been used to redate the world-famous Schöningen spears that were discovered in the mid-1990s, according to a statement released by the University of York. At the time, experts estimated that 10 wooden weapons were around 400,000 or 300,000 years old, making them among the oldest hunting weapons ever found. However, scientists recently used a dating method known as amino acid geochronology, which an…

New dating for the world-famous Schöningen spears

Scientists have analysed amino acids locked in snail shells to establish a new age for the world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons. The post New dating for the world-famous Schöningen spears appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.

Groundbreaking Refinements in Amino Acid Geochronology Revises Date of The Schöningen Spears

Researchers have revised the date of the Schöningen spears a set of ten  wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999, in Germany. The Schöningen spears as presented at the exhibition of the “Paläon” Research Museum in Schöningen, Germany.Photo: MINKUSIMAGES. With kind permission of the copyright holder: Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (NLD) Using a dating method…