Naslov
Approaches to the Middle Paleolithic rockshelter and cave research in Croatia

Autori
Karavanić, Ivor ; Vukosavljević, Nikola ; Šošić, Rajna ; Mihelić, Sanjin

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
On Shelter's Ledge: Histories, Theories and Methods of Rockshelter Research / Kornfeld, Marcel, Vasil'ev, Sergey ; Miotti, Laura - Oxford : Arheopress, 2007, 13-22

Skup
XV world Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 04.09.2006. - 09.09.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Middle Paleolithic; Krapina; Vindija; Mujina Pećina; Croatia

Sažetak
This paper presents the research history of the Middle Paleolithic cave sites in Croatia traced on the basis of investigations of three sites: Krapina, Vindija (both in northwestern Croatia) and Mujina Pećina (southern Croatia). The first Middle Paleolithic site to be discovered was Krapina. It was excavated by Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger. His excavation methodology was very sophisticated at the time, and included stratigraphic excavation and notes on the horizontal distribution of finds in certain parts of the site. The Vindija cave yielded important finds of late Neanderthals associated with Mousterian industry (level G3) and possibly with Upper Paleolithic bone industry in level G1. In southern Croatia, the only systematically excavated Middle Paleolithic site is Mujina Pećina. The Mousterian people in both regions of Croatia (northwestern and southern) successfully adjusted the production of their tools to various types of the most easily accessible raw materials, and they were successful predators.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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