2024 Blaubeuren
2024-Blaubeuren/Schelklingen (DE)
The Symposium in 2024 was hosted by the Urmu Blaubeuren, in collaboration with the Eiszeitstudio Schelklingen and the University of Tübingen. Thy museum is situated in the splendid Swabian Alb, a region in the southern part of Germany renowned for its stunning natural beauty and remarkable archaeology. The area is known for its numerous caves, which have yielded some of the oldest known human figurines.
During the Symposium, participants visited several significant archaeological sites like the Lonetaal home of the lion man and the Hohlefels with the oldest known human sculpture. In addition, they were able to look a signifiant art and artefacts from the ice age. The symposium was well attended with over 40 participants form
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Program
Wednesday, May 8th 2:00 p.m
Excursion: Guided tour of the Hohlenstein -Stadel, where the Lion Man was found , with Rudi Walter.
Thursday May 9th
09:00-10:00 Flintknapping in the URMU (Blaubeuren Prehistoric Museum)
Lectures
Gvidas Slah: Archaeology in Lithuanias
Sayuri De Zilva : Plug & Play in prehistory - or the ancient and bone-hard everyday "Schnick-Schnack- Schnick -Game" with the special players Silex and Kupfer
Friday 10.05. 9:40
Excursion through the Aachtal , meeting point Blaubeeren train station
Train ride to Schelklingen Hike to Blaubeuren (approx. 10 km)
Visit to the caves (Hohle Fels, Geisenklösterle Sirgenstein and Brillenhöhle)
Evening: Barbecue at the Blaubeuren Museum
Saturday 11.05.
Flintknapping in the museum, public for visitors
Short excursion to the Blautopf
Lectures
Sibylle Wolf: UNESCO World Heritage Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Alb
Claudio Tennie : Stone processing by great apes
Thomas Hess: The production of microliths at the Early Mesolithic open-air site ' Feuersteinacker ' in Central Germany
Fatima Wollgast: ARCHÄOTECHNICA - When experimental archaeology, archaeotechnology and education join forces at a museum event
Sunday 12.05
Flintknapping in the museum
departure