Dolní Věstonice I: A classic Palaeolithic site revisited

0503407 - ARÚB 2019 MY eng A - Abstrakt
Svoboda, J. - Novák, Martin - Sázelová, S. - Hladilová, Š. - Škrdla, Petr
Dolní Věstonice I: A classic Palaeolithic site revisited.
23rd Suyanggae International Symposium in Malaysia. Penang: Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2018 - (Saidin, M.; Lee, Y.; Woo, J.; Shahidan, S.). s. 50-51
[Suyanggae International Symposium /23./. 02.07.2018-03.07.2018, Penang]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081758
Klíčová slova: Gravettian * landsliding * chronostratigraphy * microstratigraphy * settlement structure * Dolní Věstonice I * Czech Republic
Obor OECD: Archaeology

As a part of the Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov-Milovice settlement area, the site of Dolní Věstonice I (DV I) has the longest excavation history and renowned artefactual record, with early modern human fossils and classic items of Gravettian art, including the iconic Venus of Věstonice (Figs. 1-2). At this site, large-scale excavations of complete living-fl oors were primarily realised between 1924-1952 (K. Absolon, A. Bohmers, B. Klíma) whereas later fi eldwork had rather a character of separate trenches. Here we report the results of the hitherto unpublished excavation in 1990-1993. A series of trenches along the western and southern boundary brought additional chronostratigraphic and archaeological evidence concerning the overall situation of the site. We document sequences of extensive basal landslides, the deposition of loess with MIS3 paleosols and anthropogenic deposits (cultural layer), the eff ects of postdepositional processes, and the LGM eolian sedimentation of varying thickness over the site. The last loess coverage is shallow or even absent in SW part of the site (where the Tertiary silts reach almost the actual surface) and increases in thickness of several meters towards the NE. In the lower part of the site, we detected superimposed charcoal deposits dated by 14C to Early Gravettian (34-31 ky BP) but without artefactual context. In the uppermost part, we identified the previously excavated units K2 and K3, and we show that these were discrete installations dated to the Evolved Gravettian (Pavlovian; 31-29,5 ky BP). With the newly acquired data, this paper addresses the questions of general stratigraphy and local microstratigraphies, the role of landsliding processes, radiometric chronology, centre-periphery relationships (on levels of the whole site and of the individual residential units), and structure of relevant faunal and lithic assemblages.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0295228