Mesolithic shamanistic meteorite talisman unearthed

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Illustration of a shaman in Siberia, produced by the Dutch explorer Nicolaes Witsen in the late 17th century. Image Wikimedia, used under a CC BY-NC 3.0)

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology (IAE) in Szczecin, Poland, have discovered a meteorite fragment inside the remains of a hut dating back more than 9,000 years at Bolków by Lake Świdwie in Western Pomerania.

The pyrite meteorite fragment is cylindrical shape and measures only 8 cm long and 5-3.5 cm wide.


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