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Axes are an entirely new feature, made in various forms and attached to a shaft using deer-antler. They are evidence for a return to an intensive use of wood, as had been the case before, during the climate phase which preceded the ice age. Roe and red deer, and wild boar were now the most important quarry, but these animals only occur in small groups and could find good cover in the lush vegetation. On the other hand, they do not traverse great distances between summer and winter habitat, so it was possible to hunt them year round without having to follow after them continuously. Families and clans were therefore able to remain relatively fixed in one place. In this region, camp sites were mostly on dune-like elevations in well-watered meadowland. The dead were buried there too.
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