Research article E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 69, 187–200, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020 © Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps Kerstin Pasda1, Matthias López Correa2,3, Philipp Stojakowits4, Bernhard Häck5, Jérôme Prieto6, Najat al-Fudhaili2, and Christoph Mayr6,7,8 1Institute of Pre- and Early History, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Kochstr. 4/18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 2GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstr. 28, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 3Istituto di Scienze Marine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy 4Institute of Geography, Universität Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, Germany 5Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Hofgraben 4, 80539 München, Germany 6Palaeontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 München, Germany 7Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany 8GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 München, Germany Correspondence: Kerstin Pasda (
[email protected]) Relevant dates: Received: 11 May 2020 – Revised: 12 August 2020 – Accepted: 26 August 2020 – Published: 21 October 2020 How to cite: Pasda, K., López Correa, M., Stojakowits, P., Häck, B., Prieto, J., al-Fudhaili, N., and Mayr, C.: Cave finds indicate elk (Alces alces) hunting during the Late Iron Age in the Bavarian Alps, E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 69, 187–200, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-69-187-2020, 2020. Abstract: The finding of a partially preserved elk skeleton from the Bavarian Alps is reported.