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Above AH3 there are two more archaeological layers (AH2 and AH1) with only some scattered nds.

Therefore a rst view will concentrate on a comparison of AH4 and AH3.

Chronologically both layers are very close together (Antl-Weiser, Fladerer, Nigst, Verpoorte 2010) but there

are big differences concerning structure and content. Most of the lithics of AH4 can be compared to South-

ern Moravian chert or northern int. Special raw materials are a piece of obsidian presumably from Eastern

Slovakia and some pieces of crystal rock. The tools are dominated by microgravettes. There are also three

shouldered points in this horizon. Ivory beads and pendants (at least 245 pieces) are exclusively found

within AH4. But there are also perforated mollusc shells and Dentalium.

AH3 contains no clear evident structures. The raw material mainly consists of brown to green radiolarites,

which can be found in the Carpathian Mountains. Among the backed pieces backed bladelets are dominat-

ing. There are also differences in the style of retouches. The ornaments only consist of various molluscs. So

we can see big differences in the choice of raw material as well as in personal ornaments.

The radiocarbon dates from Grub/Kranawetberg are situated at the very end of the Pavlovian and the be-

ginning of Willendorf-Kostenkian of the Gravettian evolution in Central Europe after M. Otte (Otte, Noiret

2002). A shift of population to a certain extent from the former Pavlovian sites to the East is being dis-

cussed. At Grub/Kranawetberg we observe a change in settlement structures, lithic raw materials, personal

adornments and a different choice of tool types around 25,000 BP. Further charcoal samples have been

taken from AH2 and AH1 as well as from the loess below and above the cultural layers.

According to the present state of research the inventory of the two layers seems to reect the presence of

groups using different territories. Based on these observations further analyses concerning raw material

procurement, the choice of big game and investigations concerning climatic changes will be part of a future

project. Due to a sequence of four cultural layers and 7 m of sedimentological sequence the site promises

interesting insights into cultural processes around 25.000 BP in the Eastern part of Central Europe as well

as into climatic changes during a longer time span of the late glacial period in this part of Austria.

References:

Antl-Weiser, W.; Fladerer, F. A.; Nigst, Ph. R.; Verpoorte A. (2010): Grub/Kranawetberg (Lower Austria)

– Insights into a Gravettian micro-region in Eastern Austria. In: Neugebauer-Maresch Ch.; Linda

Owen (eds.): New aspects of the Central and Eastern European Upper palaeolithic – methods,

chronology, technology and subsistence. MPK 72, 2010.

Nigst, Ph. R. (2004): Some preliminary observations on intrasite spatial patterning of Grub/Kranawetberg

(1995 and 1996 area), In: The Gravettian along the Danube. Proceedings of the Mikulov Confer-

ence, 20.-21. November 2002, Institute of Archeology, AS CR, Brno, The Dolni Vestonice Studies,

Vol. 11,131-141.

Otte, M. ; Noiret, P. (2004): Evolution du Gravettien au moyen Danube. In: J. A. Svoboda, L. Sedlackova

(Eds.) : The Gravettian along the Danube. Proceedings of the Mikulov conference, 20-21 Novem-

ber 2002, P. 8-33. Dolni Vestonice Studies 11, Brno.

Daniele Aureli

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, Antonia Contardi

, Biagio Giaccio

, Federica Marano

, Valerio Modesti

, Maria Rita Palombo

, Roxane

Rocca

, Flavia Trucco

, Boris Villier

Entwined evolution? New evidence of the coexistence of Humans and Elephants during the Mid-

dle Pleistocene at the Ficoncella site (Central Italy)

The two preliminary excavation campaigns carried out on the Ficoncella site have yielded unexpected dis-

coveries which allow us to open of new lines of research as to the technical and cognitive behaviour of

Lower Palaeolithic Humans.

The discovery, during the rst excavation campaign in 2010, of anatomical fragments coming from a carcass

of a Palaeoloxodon within a uvial context sealed by volcanic strata, dated around 450 Ka, already makes

the site of primary interest from a palaeontological point of view. With the second excavation, carried out

in 2011, around one hundred lithic artefacts of tiny dimension, localised near the cranium of the Palae-

oloxodon were brought to light. This new archaeological evidence opens up new research prospects both

for the understanding of the technical behaviours of this pivotal moment of the European Lower Palaeo-

lithic (around 500 Ka) as well as cognitive and economic issues surrounding the relationship between man

and elephants during the Palaeolithic.

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