SZELETIAN OR NOT SZELETIAN. BIFACIAL INDUSTRIES FROM THREE OPEN-AIR MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC SITES FROM THE CSERHÁT MOUNTAINS (NORTHERN HUNGARY)

• Authors: Zandler Krisztián , Markó András , Péntek Attila
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the last 15 years, three Middle Palaeolithic open-air sites were excavated in the Cserhát Mountains (Northern Hungary), lying at the northern periphery of the Great Hungarian Plain. The context was similar at each locality: the lithics were excavated from loess-like reddish or yellowish sediment from a depth of 50 – 100 cm beneath of the recent surface level. Bifacial worked leaf-shaped points and knives associated with side scrapers and end scrapers made on flakes were found at all sites but in different ratio. For the time being, the chronology of the assemblages is not clear enough, but the typological and technological attributes of the assemblages show few if any Upper Palaeolithic traits. In the present paper, the characteristics of the bifacial manufactured and leaf-shaped implements from the sites will be compared with an emphasis on their raw material types.

Keywords

EN

LATE MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC; SZELETIAN; OPEN-AIR SITE; LEAF POINT INDUSTRY; NORTHERN HUNGARY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 68
• Issue: suppl. 2
• Pages: 31 - 47

Contributors

author

Zandler Krisztián

• University of Szeged, Doctoral School of History, Egyetem utca 2, HU – 6722 Szeged, Hungary

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-0371

author

Markó András

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7556-0091

author

Péntek Attila

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-897X

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2021.suppl.2.3