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Recent research on the Upper Palaeolithic in Istria, Croatia

As a part of the project „Archaeological Investigations into the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Lim Channel, Istria (ARCHAEOLIM)“ financed by the Croatian Science foundation (Grant no. 7789), archaeological excavations have been undertaken on four sites Two yielded material from the Paleolithic. At Romualdo's Cave previous researchers found traces of the Upper Paleolithic industry and two human teeth, and later several artefacts that could be assigned to Mousterian industry. Our work resulted in discovery of faunal remains and lithic finds from Upper Pleistocene. While the Upper Paleolithic finds were rare (only a few lithic finds can be securely assigned to this period) there is evidence of human occupation of the site during the Middle Paleolithic. At Abri Kontija 002 archaeological work resulted in a very rich, and what seems to be either frequent or continuous human presence during the Upper Paleolithic. All excavated layers are very rich in faunal remains, lithics, and traces of fire and other finds. Here we discuss the main finds from three excavation seasons.

Pleistocene ; Palaeolithic ; Croatia

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