Tübingen archaeologists put new and old finds together to
reassemble ancient work of art
Researchers from the University of Tübingen have
successfully reattached the newly discovered head of a prehistoric mammothivory
figurine discovered in 1931. The head was found during renewed excavations at
Vogelherd Cave, site of the original dig in 1931. The recent excavations,
between 2005 and 2012, have yielded a number of important finds. The discovery
of this ivory head helps to complete a figurine which now can be recognized as
a lion – and demonstrates that it is possible to reassemble often fragmentary
figurines from the earlier excavation. The new discovery is presented in the
2013 edition of the journal “Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg”.