Brillenhöhle
Sign in to saveThe Brillenhöhle (, literally spectacles cave) is a cave ruin, located west of Ulm on the Swabian Alb in south-western Germany, where archaeological excavations have documented human habitation since as early as 30,000 years ago. Excavated by Gustav Riek from 1955 to 1963, the cave's Upper Paleolithic layers contain a sequence of Aurignacian, Gravettian and Magdalenian artifacts. In 1956 the first human fossils were discovered within a fireplace in the center of the cave, a discovery which made important contributions to the foundational understanding of the Magdalenian culture of central Euro
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It is catalogued under topics including Cave bear, Caves of Germany and Landforms of Baden-Württemberg.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cave
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Blaubeuren
- Image
- Brillenhoehle Blaubeuren innen.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Site
- Stratigraphy
- Discoveries
- Gallery
- Carbon dated fossils
- Archaeogenetics
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Brillenhöhle (, literally spectacles cave) is a cave ruin, located west of Ulm on the Swabian Alb in south-western Germany, where archaeological excavations have documented human habitation since as early as 30,000 years ago. Excavated by Gustav Riek from 1955 to 1963, the cave's Upper Paleolithic layers contain a sequence of Aurignacian, Gravettian and Magdalenian artifacts. In 1956 the first human fossils were discovered within a fireplace in the center of the cave, a discovery which made important contributions to the foundational understanding of the Magdalenian culture of central Europe.
==Site==
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