Rink, W.J., Schwarcz, H.P., Valoch, K., Seitl, L. and Stringer, C.B., 1996. ESR Dating of Micoquian Industry
and Neanderthal Remains at Kůlna Cave, Czech Republic. Journal of Archaeological Science 23 (6),
889-901.
Valoch, K. 1988: Die Erforschung der Kůlna-Höhle 1961-1976. Anthropos 24, N. S. 16. Brno.
Christine Neugebauer-Maresch, Tina A. Salcher-Jedrasiak, Florian A. Fladerer, Matthias Kucera
Decorated Mammoth ribs from the old-known open air site Krems-Hundssteig
The well-known open air site of Krems-Hundssteig is recognized as one of the most important nd spots
of the early Aurignacian on the basis of the clear majority of the artefacts. Results of the recent excavations
2000-2002, prompted by a residential construction project, shows that this topographically and climatically
favoured settlement location was repeatedly used between 41,000 and 27,000 y BP.
The ndings of 1900-1904 derive from rather rough collections by J. Strobl and mining workers and strati-
graphic details were wether noticed nor reported. A lot of the nds was stored at the Historical Museum of
Krems (nowadays “Weinstadtmuseum”). But especially the palaeontological material had been neglected. It
was not before the nineties that all bones were prepared and inventoried. In the course of this different
traces on some mammoth ribs were interpreted partly originated by Palaeolithic modications. Microscope
analysis and the documentation with 3D-scan were applied to show the “stratigraphy” of engravings, pos-
sible marks and natural traces of organic weathering or recent traces of storing. The decorated ribs of the
old Krems-Hundssteig excavations are attributed to the mobile art of the Upper Palaeolithic of Central
Europe. Radiocarbon-dating is submitted and this hopefully will show, if Aurignacian or to the Gravettian
layers have produced it.
References:
Neugebauer-Maresch Chr. (Hrsg.), Krems-Hundssteig – Mammutjägerlager der Eiszeit. Ein Nutzungsareal
paläolithischer Jäger- und Sammler(-innen) vor 41.000 - 27.000 Jahren. Mitteilungen der Prähisto-
rischen Kommission 67, 2008.
Strobl J., Obermaier H., Die Aurignacien-Station von Krems (N.-Ö.), Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde III,
1909, 129–148.
✉ Prähist. Komm. ÖAW, Universität Wien, VIAS
Adam Nowak
Carinated forms – scrapers, burins, cores? In example assemblages from site complex Kraków
Spadzista street in Poland
Kaków Spadzista street is one of the most important Upper Palaeolithic sites in Poland. It is known from
multiple Eastern Gravettian occupation, documented by three layers that contains artefacts characteristic
for this complex. Soliuction layer 7 that lay under layers including backed blades, contained stone artefacts,
which we can undoubtedly relate to Aurignacian culture. Among them there were well present retouched
blades (also with aurignacian retouch) and scrapers ( both nosed and carinated types), burins ( also carinated
types) and Dufour bladelets. Especially interesting are carinated forms, which compose large part of tools
in this assemblages. It is difcult to recognize the typological afnity of those artefacts, distinguish scrapers
from burins. And most of them can be taken as cores for producing bladelets.
The author suggests that we should treat all carinated forms as one morphological and technological group
with unied method of description and drawing, without segregation into cores, scrapers or burins. This
approach increases the objectivity of analysis of this type of material, and this makes it possible to a under-
stand better the artefacts and their creators.
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