The Šenov-Salaš 1 and 4 Upper Palaeolithic sites and settlement and procurement strategies in the Aurignacian of the Moravian Gate

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ID13145359
AuthorsMartin Moník (0000-0001-8793-169X, Palacky University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, 17. listopadu 12, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic, corresponding author), Jiří Drozd (Secondary Engineering School, Máchova 628/10, CZ-757 00, Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic), Anna Pankowská (0000-0001-8604-591X, University of West Bohemia)
Year2022
Volume73
Issue1
Pages1-35
Publication date2022-06-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-5210 • E-ISSN: 1588-2551
PublisherAkadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU)
DOI10.1556/072.2022.00001
OpenAlexW4281720539
LanguageEN
References cited12

Techno-typological analysis of two chipped stone assemblages from Šenov-Salaš 1 and 4 in the Moravian Gate (Czech Republic) indicates they belong to the Aurignacian. The two assemblages, preferentially made of Baltic (erratic) flints, comprise few distinctive tool types, though. A statistical analysis was conducted to compare their raw material strategy, tool typology, and topography with other Moravian Aurignacian sites. It transpired that they answer to other Aurignacian sites in their specific topography, raw material strategy, and (a few) Aurignacian endscrapers, but both assemblages comprise few carinated burins. The altitude here is somewhat higher than that for most Moravian Aurignacian sites, but it is still probable that the two assemblages belong to the Aurignacian and that their rather atypical aspect (the small dimensions of artefacts, simple core preparation, few distinctive tools) are due to the small size of the processed flint nodules, which did not allow for thorough core preparation. Predominant plain butts, the virtual absence of archaic, or other distinctive tool types speak for either Evolved Aurignacian or some specific Aurignacian facies of the Moravian Gate. The assemblages cannot be linked with the young AMS 14 C date 14 270 ± 40 uncal BP, acquired from a bone from the surface at Salaš 1, just slightly preceding the Moravian Magdalenian, as such a date would be too young not only for any Aurignacian but also for Epiaurignacian sites. Still, the Aurignacian estimation of the assemblages is interesting as the Moravian Gate comprises relatively few sites attributed to this Upper Palaeolithic culture

Archaeology · Aurignacian · Cave · Geography · Typology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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