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  1. Hominides.com @[email protected] ·

    Propulseur dit « au félin » de la Madeleine ou "Hyène rampante" Ivoire sculpté, gravé. Découverte à l'abri de la Madeleine, Tursac, Dordogne. Magdalénien supérieur, vers 14000 BP
    Dimensions 5 cm, 11,5 cm, 1,5 cm
    Photo Kroko pour Hominides.com
    hominides.com/musees-et-sites/
    #propulseur #ivoire #felin #hyene #lamadeleine #périgord #magdalenien #tursac #musée national prehistoire eyzies #eyzies #art mobilier #ivory #propeller #spearthrower #préhistoire

    #propulseur #ivoire #felin #hyene #lamadeleine #perigord
  2. Jens Notroff @[email protected] ·

    Original study:

    J. Coppe et al., Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of #spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium, #SciReports 13, 2023. 🔓

    nature.com/articles/s41598-023

    #spearthrower #scireports
  3. Jens Notroff @[email protected] ·

    Here's a particular nice #Magdalenien (i.e. 13,000 BCE) example of such a #SpearThrower with animal decoration (facsimile, though) from the cave of Le Mas d'Azil, SW #France.

    #magdalenien #spearthrower #france
  4. Jens Notroff @[email protected] ·

    For those interested: The "bird on a stick" has been discussed as possibly representing a #SpearThrower. t.co/PSNZKLyHQJ

    #spearthrower