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Abstract. The finding of a partially preserved elk skeleton from the Bavarian Alps is reported. Remnants of an adult male were found, together with skeletal elements of juvenile moose calves, at the base of a talus cone in the pit cave Stiefelschacht, next to Lenggries (southern Germany). The adult's bones exhibited anthropogenic traces like cut marks and were radiocarbon-dated to the Late Iron Age. A projectile hole in the leftshoulder blade and cut marks on the bones are indicative of hunting andmeat usage. The elk remains were associated with several wild and domesticspecies such as ungulates and hare but were not, however, accompanied byarchaeological artefacts. Other archaeological sites of the Late Iron Ageare so far not known within a distance of less than 30 km to theStiefelschacht. While the presence of elk during prehistoric times in theAlps has already been known before, the finds and thelocation are unique in that they are the first evidence of elk huntingduring the Late Iron Age in the northern Alps.