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In SE Austria Gudenus cave is an archaeological site near the city of Krems

It is known for its animal fossils and remains of paleolithic and neolithic cave men/women
Human artifacts include flint tools, engraved reindeer bone, even a fragment of bone flute dated to 10-30,000 years before present.

The cave is 22m (72 feet) long; its width is 2-3 m; and it is situated 7.5m (or 25 ft) above the level of stream
The site is close to river Danube.

Archaeologically speaking animal deposits have yielded Woolly mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Aurochs, Chamois, Reindeer, and Red deer

That’s one heck of a shelter!

Bibliography: Obermaler, Hugues (1907). “Quaternary Human remains in Central Europe”. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30 1906. Smithsonian Institution.

Oliva, Martin (2005). Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Moravia. Moravian Museum. p. 103.

Ciochon, Russell L.; Fleagle, John G. (1993). The Human Evolution Source Book. Prentice Hall

Pilch, John J. (2011). Flights of the Soul. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN978-0802865403.