Publication details
Paleolitické osídlenie jaskyne Dzeravá skala pri Plaveckom Mikuláši.
| Title in English | Paleolithic occupation of the Dzeravá skala Cave near Plavecký Mikuláš. |
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Slovenská archeológia 53 |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Middle Paleolithic; Upper Paleolithic; Upper Pleistocene; fauna; industry; West Slovakia |
| Description | The 2002-2003 excavations in the Dzeravá skala cave opened a complex stratigraphic section, showing combination of in situ developed sediments, in-blown loess, and clays, paleosols and clasts removed from elswhere, most probably from the above cave chimneys. In terms of paleobotany and paleontology, this sequence illustrates the climatic record from the Holocene over the Last Glacial Maximum to the more temperate oscillations of the Interpleniglacial, and, possibly, even before that. Two aspects are of importance: the almost constant presence of cave bears throughout the Pleistocene layers, and the repeated human visits. The archaeological record comprises the Neolithic, probably Late Paleolithic, Gravettian (25 – 31,7 ka BP), and the Early Upper Paleolithic to Late Middle Paleolithic (34 – 50 ka BP). |