Abstracts of Reports and Posters
Amira Adaileh
The Magdalenian site of Bad Kösen-Lengefeld
The open air site of Bad Kösen-Lengefeld is located in Sachsen-Anhalt, Eastern Germany. It was dis-
covered in the mid 1950´s in the immediate vicinity of the famous Magdalenian site of Saaleck. Since that
time, archaeologists collected over 2000 lithic artifacts during systematical surveys. The technological and
typological analyses of the lithic artifacts conrmed the assignment of Bad Kösen-Lengefeld to a late
Magdalenian. Furthermore, the investigation of the surface collections brought forward information about
the character of this camp site, the duration of its occupation and the pattern of raw material procurement.
The fact that Bad Kösen-Lengefeld is located in a region with more than 100 Magdalenian sites fostered a
comparison of the lithic inventory with other Magdalenian assemblages. Thus, allowing to specify the posi-
tion of the Lengefeld collection within the chorological context of the Magdalenian in Eastern Germany.
Jehanne Affolter, Ludovic Mevel
Raw material circulation in northern french alps and Jura during lateglacial interstadial : method,
new data and paleohistoric implication
Since fteen years the study of the characterization and origin of int resources used by Magdalenian and
Azilian groups in northern French Alps and Jura have received signicant research work. Diverse and well
distributed spatially, some of these resources were used and disseminated throughout the late Upper Paleo-
lithic. Which changes do we observe during the Magdalenian then for the Azilian? The results of petro-
graphic analysis and techno-economic analysis to several archaeological sites allow us to assess diachronic
changes in economic behavior of these people and discuss the signicance of these results. Are they con-
textual or cultural? This can be tested by the parallel of cultural inuences and circulation of the materials
(lithic and ornaments).
Walpurga Antl
Excavations at the multilayered Gravettian site Grub/Kranawetberg, Lower Austria 1993-2011 –
stratigraphy and outlook to the position of the site within the cultural development in Eastern
Central Europe
From 1993 to 2011 excavations at the Gravettian 25 ka BP site Grub/Kranawetberg in the March valley near
Stillfried in the northeast of Lower Austria exposed two different areas of activity: a bone accumulation in
the west and approximately 20 m from this situation to the east a multilayered area with dwelling structures.
The focus of this contribution will be put on this part of the excavated area.
The lowest archaeological layer (AH4) contains two hearths which are approximately 12 m apart from each
other. Both are surrounded by a series of small pits. Between these two concentrations of pits – in a distance
of 7.5 to 8 m – there were no pits at all. The density of nds in the zone between the concentrations of pits
however is very big. In some parts of the excavated area a sudden decrease of nds can be observed: 0.5 to
1 m outside the pits around hearth I to the north, west and south and 0.5 to 1 m outside the pits around
hearth II to the north.
This is comparable with the observations of Ph. Nigst (Nigst 2004) in his analysis of the structures around
hearth I. Following his study the distribution of artefacts suggests a barrier effect slightly outside the evident
structures of hearth I. According to these observations the existence of a second settlement unit around
hearth II will be discussed.
The following layer (AH3) is separated from AH4 by about 8 to 10 cm of loess. The centre of this occupa-
tion is situated almost above hearth II, only 2m to the NW of it. In AH3 there are no structures comparable
to those of AH4. The horizon itself is documented with at least some nds in all parts excavated so far.
Comentários a estes Manuais