Mesolithic horn tool from Motala
The mesolithic horn tool from Motala (find number F454) carved from an antler stalk comes from the Middle Stone Age and was found in 2010 in Motala in Östergötland in Sweden .
Motala is located on the east bank of the Vättern and the outflow of the Motala river . The site is one of the richest Mesolithic sites in northern Scandinavia from the period between 6000 and 4000 BC. The excavations in the moist sediment of the Motala river have revealed large amounts of bone material and wooden objects, which have rarely been preserved in a different context. Most are harpoons and fish spears.
The phallus- like find is about 12 cm long and two centimeters in diameter. The origin of the object from the antlers of a red deer was determined using the radiocarbon method to the years 5650–5340 BC. Dated.
Web links
- Smile at the Stone Age phallus on orf.at, July 26, 2010
- Stone Age Carving: Ancient Dildo? (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Göran Gruber: Ett enda ord… Mesolitiskt hornredskap från Motala blev internationell snackis . In: Fornvännen . No. 108 , 2013, p. 209-211 ( samla.raa.se [PDF]).
- ↑ Göran Gruber: radiocarbon datings from Motala, 2010. May 17th 2011, archived from the original on 19 August 2014 ; Retrieved August 19, 2014 .