Publication details
Underwater digging at Epigravettian site Mohelno in Moravia
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | A new Late Upper Palaeolithic site that documents repeated human penetration into Central Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM from here) and the Last Glacial periods, was recently discovered and excavated in Moravia. The terminal LGM occupation (characterized by tiny microlithic tools produced on carenoidal blanks) in combination with a Last Glacial Epigravettien industry (bladey industry reduced from biderectional cores including straight truncated backed microblades) have been identified at Mohelno-Plevovce to date.Mohelno-Plevovce is located on the Jihlava River in the Czech Moravian Highlands. In the 1970s the area was deforested for the construction of the Mohelno water reservoir, which is a part of Dalešice pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant. Since then the location has been continuously disturbed by erosion caused by fluctuating water levels, which rise and fall by up to 11 m, often on a daily basis. Archaeological field work is possible only during scheduled maintenance breaks when the water level is lowered for several days. The excavation is complicated by a high moisture content of the sediments as well as limited time (maintenance breaks last only 3 – 5 days). |