Salzgitter-Lebenstedt

Mousterian hunting site in northwest Germany near Hanover, dated to c 50,000 BP. It yielded reindeer and mammoth remains hunted by Middle Palaeolithic men and an eastern Mousterian assemblage with some western Mousterian artifact-forms. Human skull fragments were found, possibly dating from early in the last glacial period.

An open site in north Germany, 45 km east of Hanover, providing evidence that reindeer and mammoth were hunted by Middle Palaeolithic men. Human skull fragments were found, possibly dating from early in the last glacial period. Some authorities regard this as a key site but its significance remains unclear.