(Re)opening the new interpretations of the formation processes at the Gravettian sites. A case study of the south-eastern periphery of the Pavlov I site

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Novák, Martin - Sázelová, Sandra - Boriová, Soňa - Šáliová, Soňa
(Re)opening the new interpretations of the formation processes at the Gravettian sites. A case study of the south-eastern periphery of the Pavlov I site.
Back to the Gravettian. 62nd Conference of the Hugo Obermaier-Society, April 14th-18th 2020, Brno. Erlangen: Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft für Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit e.V., 2020 - (Maaß, U.). s. 70-72. ISBN 978-3-946387-26-8
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-26094S
Klíčová slova: Gravettian * sites * Pavlov I
Obor OECD: Archaeology
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NOVÁK, Martin, SÁZELOVÁ, Sandra, BORIOVÁ, Soňa, ŠÁLIOVÁ, Soňa. (Re)opening the new interpretations of the formation processes at the Gravettian sites. A case study of the south-eastern periphery of the Pavlov I site. In: MAAß, U., ed. Back to the Gravettian. 62nd Conference of the Hugo Obermaier-Society, April 14th-18th 2020, Brno. Erlangen: Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft für Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit e.V., 2020, s. 70-72. ISBN 978-3-946387-26-8. Formation of complex hunter´s sites dated to the Middle Danubian Gravettian (Pavlovian) represents an attractive research phenomenon in recent Paleolithic archeology. From this perspective, an interpretative potential of the Moravian Gravettian sites seems to be high and still suffi ciently unexploited, as in the case of Pavlov I. The site was extensively excavated by Bohuslav Klíma between 1952 and 1972, and the generalized picture of such large mammoth hunter´s campsite was built based on the analysis of individual parts in terms of stratigraphy, planigraphy, spatial structure and material culture analyses. The construction of a modern museum building with an in-situ exhibition (Archeopark Pavlov Project) caused extensive rescue excavation on the site in years 2013-2015, which resulted in surface reopening and logical revisions in spatial and stratigraphic context. In this sense, our contribution focus on investigation of the area located on the south-eastern periphery of the site. The area, excavated in 2014, covers approximately 15 x 15 m, where several obvious settlement structures like the terrain depressions or hearths were uncovered, accompanied by large number of archaeological data and material. The most expressive settlement feature in this area is a shallow circular depression about 5-6 m in diameter, inside with an asymmetrically located hearth and fi lled with anthropogenic sediments. It is interpreted as a possible dwelling, and according to microstratigraphy is showing two stages of occupation. Additional settlement feature, rare and unique within the Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov-Milovice settlement area, is an artifi cial pit, located outside the dwelling, in an adjacent activity area with one more hearth. The pit has about 50 cm depth and with secondary filling. An inventory includes lithic artifacts, red ochre, osteological, malacozoological or paleobotanical remains, yielded several thousand items with 3D localizations and from the wet-sieving of excavated cultural layer. Dispersed within this area were fragments of tusks, molars, ribs, and long bone fragments of mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), fragments of axial skeleton or distal parts of limbs of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), and various species of carnivore (together with two pierced animal teeth). Unique anthropological find of upper premolar fragment with a pseudoperforation was also detected. Remarkable sequence of C14 dates covers the Evolved Gravettian within the time-span of 29-26 kyr uncal. BP and demonstrates that the formation of cultural deposits was irregular here or strongly aff ected by post-depositional natural processes. The examined area was not disturbed by previous Klíma´s excavations. Based on the previous spatial analysis of surrounding areas, this part of the site is the most suitable for an analysis concerns the spatial organization, microstratigraphy and eff ects of natural processes in site formation. Comparing to the intensively occupied zones in the central parts of the site, the spatial structure here is much more easily readable due to absence of significant palimpsest. Presented preliminary results brings the important contribution into the debate of decoding the site-formation processes at the Pavlov I site and open to new interpretations in solving of the issues related to reconstruct the intra-site development dynamics and spatial organization of the settlements in relation to the adaptations in economic-subsistence strategies.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0318729