Exciting Find In The Swiss Alps – First Furrows And Animal Tracks Are Evidence Of Prehistoric Plowing

Goat and domestic cattle hoofprints in depression 365 at the surface of AG1 – Photographs: ARIA SA.

An exciting find in the Swiss Alps has been unearthed: soil layers dating back 7,000 years, intriguingly filled with unexplained furrows and animal tracks.

This extraordinary discovery by a global team of archaeologists and scientists has revolutionized our perception of Stone Age farming practices in Europe. Their research at the Anciens Arsenaux excavation site in Sion, Valais, Switzerland, reveals that Stone Age farmers used animals to pull plows as far back as between 5,100 and 4,700 BC.

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