Finds from the Geißenklösterle cave Mammoth This sculpture from the Geißenklösterle cave was pieced together and reconstructed from more than 40 single fragments. Ivory grows in layers, so fossil ivory very often disintegrates into single flakes. Unfortunately, the lower parts of the head and trunk are missing, but the shape of the body clearly indicates a mammoth. The surface of the body was engraved with lines similar to those on the small bison, which was also found at Geißenklösterle. Length: 6,7 cm Height: 3,8 cm Width: 2,9 cm Site: Geißenklösterle, Blaubeuren The original carving is in the Württemberg Landesmuseum, Stuttgart << back