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Fragments of the skeletons of at least three mammoths and tools of hunters from the early Stone Age were discovered by archaeologists during research in the area near the center of the Czech city of Brno, writes Success in UA.
Archaeologists investigated the area before the reconstruction of the hot water supply network in the area of Videnska Street.
First, the scientists discovered a baby mammoth tooth and several stone artifacts. After that, the research moved to the outskirts of the residential building, where the Stare Brno cemetery and the St. Wenceslas Church used to be located, reports ukrinform.ua.
In addition to modern graves and buildings of the early Middle Ages, which stood on the site of the cemetery, archaeologists found stone tools and animal bones.
"Our attention was focused on a place where a large area was preserved between the graves, not occupied by later intervention. Soon the bones of crumbling animals began to appear in the process of excavation. We found two shoulder blades of a mammoth, a fragment of a femur, an incomplete reindeer horn that had apparently been cut by man. Another bone lay nearby. This time it's a shin, and nearby are several stone artifacts. This has become an incredible find for the city center," Lenka Sedlackova, head of research and employee of Archaia Brno, said.
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According to her, there was probably a human settlement nearby.
"Thanks to the discovery of tools and processed deer antlers, we can be sure that these are not just accidentally killed animals, but a place where people processed the mammoths they caught. They took animal parts for use. In all animals, the unused bones remained in place," Sedlachkova added.
The bones were handed over to the specialists of the Moravian Museum of Local Lore, who will carry out their examination. Already in 2026, the find of archaeologists will be shown at an exhibition.
