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2016 excavation of basal layers at Pod Hradem Cave and the finding of shell and amber

Authors

NEJMAN Ladislav KUČERA Lukáš ŠKRDLA Petr LISÁ Lenka HLADILOVÁ Šárka KRÁLÍK Miroslav WOOD Rachel NÝVLTOVÁ FIŠÁKOVÁ Miriam WRIGHT Duncan SULLIVAN Marjorie E. HUGHES Philip

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Přehled výzkumů
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

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Web oficiální stránka časopisu
Keywords late Middle Palaeolithic; Moravian Karst; amber; Miocene shell; Magdalenian
Description The third and final season of excavation on Pod Hradem Cave (Moravian Karst) reached bedrock at a maximum depth of 3.5 metres, although the bedrock in this part of the cave represents a very steeply sloping wall rather than the cave floor. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the basal layers in this part of the cave were deposited during the late Middle Palaeolithic period. The finding of amber and shell in layer 11 represents a curious discovery, but there is a possibility that these objects represent an intrusion from a different archaeological context.

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