The Buchenloch is a cave in the dolomite rock massif of the Gerolstein Limestone Basin, north of Gerolstein in the Eifel.
Approximately 30,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, it was frequented by humans and animals, whether as a permanent dwelling or only occasionally is unclear from the findings. Excavations in the cave were conducted in the 1880s by Eugen Bracht, a landscape painter. A flint tool discovered during this excavation can be attributed to the Mousterian period, meaning that Neanderthals inhabited the area. The findings of animal bones indicate hunting prey such as mammoth, cave bear, wild horse, and reindeer. The archaeological finds are located in the Rhineland State Museum Trier, while some of the bone finds are partially lost, and some are housed in the Villa Sarabodis Museum in Gerolstein.
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