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Late Magdalenian campsite in a rock shelter at the Obłazowa Rock
author:
Valde-Nowak Paweł , Kraszewska Anna , Cieśla Magda , Nadachowski Adam
editor:
Valde-Nowak Paweł , Sobczyk Krzysztof , Nowak Marek , Źrałka Jarosław
book title:
Multas per gentes et multa per saecula : amici magistro et collegae suo Ioanni Christopho Kozłowski dedicant
date of publication
:
2018
place of publication : name of publisher:
Kraków : Institute of Archaeology Jagiellonian University
: Alter Publishing House
pages:
175-183
ISBN:
978-83-948382-3-2
978-83-64449-68-0
language:
English
book language:
English
abstract in English:
During the many years of excavations in Obłazowa Cave, it has been stated that apart from the main entrance to
the cave, at least one more opening must have existed in the past. Excavations in the area of a supposed second entrance
were conducted in the years 2009-2016, and led to the discovery of the mentioned opening under a rock shelter as well
as a small, yet consistent inventory of artefacts found in a concentration interpreted as the remains of a fireplace. Dates
obtained from the bones and charcoal point towards the final phase of the last glacial period. In the inventory there are no
cores, but the presence of en éperon butt type was noted. Such a technological feature suggests that the inventory might
have had a Late Magdalenian connection, or that it was possibly Hamburgian. The Magdalenian connection hypothesis is
supported by the discovery of a backed bladelet, a form atypical in Hamburgian inventories. Also, a part of the inventory
was chipped from a specific raw material – so called Bircza flint, known from different Magdalenian sites. An interesting
problem is connected with a find not directly linked with the discussed inventory. A shouldered point, found in an
uncertain context, close to the main opening of the cave (but outside of the chamber) and underneath the overhang where
the discussed inventory was discovered, raises new questions and gives possible meaning to the overall issue.
keywords in English:
Magdalenian/Hamburgian interaction, Late Palaeolithic, shouldered point, Western Carpathians Mountains