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Prehistoric Rock Shelter Schmitshausen

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Prehistoric Rock Shelter Schmitshausen

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Prehistoric Rock Shelter Schmitshausen

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Location: Schmitshausen, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Rosenhütte (Schmitshausen) – Naubrunnen (wash fountain) loop from Schmitshausen

11.2km

03:09

240m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Paleolithic Rock Shelter – Little Gorge loop from Herschberg

11.7km

03:16

220m

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3. Little Gorge – Paleolithic Rock Shelter loop from Schmitshausen

5.79km

01:38

120m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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July 21, 2024

This could have been an "abri", a half-cave, as a shelter for early humans from the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic), the oldest era in human history. It began on our 4.5 billion year old earth around 2 million years ago in East Africa, as evidenced by finds of skulls and bones and primitive tools made of stone and wood. Around 600,000 BC, small groups of Old Stone Age people also appeared in Germany. Based on the greywacke artefacts found here by local historian Albert Westrich, the archaeologist Emil Hofmann determined that they were used as scrapers, striking stones, graters and stingers as early as 600,000-800,000 years ago. His book "Altpaläolithische Fundplätze des Homo erectus heidelbergensis Schmitshausen", published in 2008, depicts the finds.

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Location: Schmitshausen, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Prehistoric Rock Shelter Schmitshausen

1. Rosenhütte (Schmitshausen) – Naubrunnen (wash fountain) loop from Schmitshausen

2. Paleolithic Rock Shelter – Little Gorge loop from Herschberg

3. Little Gorge – Paleolithic Rock Shelter loop from Schmitshausen

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