Publication details
The Gravettian on the Middle Danube
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | PALEO 19 |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Gravettian; Ahmarian; Pavlovian; Willendorf-Kostenkian; Kašovian; settlement analysis; burial site analysis |
| Description | This paper resumes actual results and current viewpoints on the Gravettian in the Middle Danubian part of Europe. The origin of Gravettian is seen as a more complex process than was thought before, involving an impact of industries with backed blades and bladelets from the eastern Mediterranean (Ahmarian, Lagaman, Dabba, beginning before 40 ky BP). After its establishment in Europe, the Danubian Gravettian is ordered into earlier Pavlovian stage (30-25 ky BP), concentrated in the Austrian-Moravian-South Polish corridor, and later Willendorf-Kostenkian stage (25-20 ky BP), widely dispersed over central and eastern Europe. The Epigravettian, termed Kašovian (after 20 ky BP), should be clearly separated from the earlier Gravettian stock (the radiocarbon datings used through this paper are uncalibrated). Finally, this paper gives examples of complex analyses of a typical large settlement (Pavlov I – Southeast) and of a burial site (Předmostí). |