Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-10
Our Aucien,S.

Respecting the discoveries which have
just been made in certain caves in Mo.
ravia, some interesting details are pub.
lished IN Augsburg AlgaHsine Il, itiNq.
For some months past excavations nave
been going on upon the kotoutSch Hill,
near STRAWBERRY, which have already
brought to light large number OF re.
mains of the highest scientific interest,
The work has been carried on under
the direction Of Herr j. Maschka, II
master of the RealSchule oi Nettischem,
who has conducted the operations III
the most systematic and careful man
ner. The spots where the most import
ant discoveries have been niade are tho
two caves OF Schipka and fchertova
Dlra Ter the Dwarts Cave). The objects
which have been found and the position
IN which they were discovered prove III
the cieartst possible manner that both
the caves mentioned were inhabited by
men III prehistoric ages The cave OF
Schipka, the roof Of which has partly
fallen in, was, it is shown, occupied by
human beings in tho oldest stone age,
or paleohthic period, while the occu,
pants OF the Dwarf's Cave lived NJ a
later era, when man was already, 10
some extent, acquainted with the use
of metals. II is further evident that
the caves were occupied by man ut a
period contemporary with the existence
OF the mammoth and cave.hear, rs, nj
/. depth ot one meter among the re-
mains of these animals there were
found bones which had been burned
and others which had been arti.
ticially fashioned. The objects oh
tanned III the Schipka Cave comprise
thousands of bones Of antediluvian an
lmals, as the mammoth, rhinocoros
cave-hear, horse, Cave-ox, stag, REIN
deer, etc. Further, there are thousands
OF separate teeth and horns Of those an.
imals, besides numerous well.preServed
stone aud bone tools, which were dug
up rs far down as three meters below
the floor OF the cave. In the upper
most layer Of the cave floor the eNoa
vators also found seven objects of bronze
consisting OF celt, five conceutrlC
rings, and one ring with n rectangular
cross, or wheel with four spokes. In
tilt lNllCIlONH iJlTN VIC NlSNONCTlCH III
clude bones of the cave bear, reindeer
edelhirseh, primeval OK, etc, besides nu
merous pieces of horn showing artificial
work, and many well-preserved bon,
objects and tools, such us avis or bod
kins and pins or needles, pierced witt
holes; three, edged and four-edred ar
row.heads, rough and unpublished ston,
tools Of flint, jasper, chalcedony. lrag
ments OF very different kinds of earth
enware vessels, with and without graph
lite coating, which had been made b,
hand, without the use of potter's wheel
and which are covered with character
lstic ornaments. Further. there ar,
some three edged arrow-points o
bronze, with hole for poison; there ar,
teeth pierced with hole, mussel-shells
whetstones, and bobbins for spinning
On the crown of the Hill above this cav,
extensive patches of ground on which
there had been fires have been found
and Immediately under the turf, alonj
with numberless fragments Of pottery
there were dug up fragments Of graphit,
vessels, stone tools, and among othe
things, knife III millimetcrs i'll length