Mammoth field found at Serbia coal mine 'great find for Ice Age knowledge'

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/20/mammoth-field-serbia-kostolac-mine



A mammoth recovered from the 'mass grave' at the Kostolac open-pit coal mine about 50 miles east of Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Drobnjakovic/AP



First there was one. Then another, and another. At least five mammoths have now been unearthed at one site in Serbia by archaeologists.

The discovery last week at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region and could offer important insights into how the Ice Age affected the area now known as the Balkans.

Miomir Korac, of Serbia's Archaeology Institute, said: "There are millions of mammoth fragments in the world, but they are rarely so accessible for exploration.

"A mammoth field can offer incredible information and shed light on what life looked like in these areas during the Ice Age."