With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial‎

The approximately 9,000-year-old grave of the shaman from Bad Dürrenberg (Saalekreis district) is one of the most spectacular finds in Central European archaeology. Excavated under considerable time pressure in 1934, subsequent investigations at the site from 2019 onwards allowed for the recovery of remains of the burial pit, which were then removed as a block and examined under laboratory conditions. These investigations revealed a series of new insights. Microscopic evidence has now been obtained of feathers that likely belonged to an elaborate headdress.