Publication details
Human Remains from the Moravian Gravettian: Morphology and Taphonomy of Additional Elements from Dolní Vĕstonice II and Pavlov I.
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | Dolní Věstonice II, Pavlov I, Gravettian, human remains, morphology, taphonomy, Czech Republic |
| Description | Laboratory analysis of the Gravettian bone assemblages from Dolní Vestonice II and Pavlov I, southern Moravia, have yielded 11 additional remains of modern humans from Dolní Vestonice II and 20 remains from Pavlov I (16 of which come from a pair of hands, Pavlov 31). At least two of them represent very tall individuals. These remains also raise the question, previously posed, as to the nature of differential treatment of the dead among Middle Upper Paleolithic humans, given the presence of ritual burials, isolated bones, and (with Pavlov 31) selected associated anatomy. |