K VÝZNAMU PALEOLITICKEJ LOKALITY KAŠOV I (OKR. TREBIŠOV). PREDBEŽNÉ VÝSLEDKY ANALÝZY ŠTIEPANEJ KAMENNEJ INDUSTRIE

• Authors: Debnárová Lucia

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On the importance of the Palaeolithic site Kašov I (Trebišov district). Preliminary results of the analysis of chipped stone industry

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The Kašov I site contains archaeological records of occupation from the LGM period and just after, which is generally characterized in Central Europe by a decline in population due to deteriorating climatic conditions. The site is considered a settlement with two cultural layers. The lower one was dated to 20,700 ±350 BP and the upper one to 18,600 ±390 BP (Gd-65699). In the context of Central Europe, these data are of great significance. Continuity between the Gravettian culture and the later development most often associated with the Epigravettian is not proved. The north-eastern part of the Carpathian Basin, with its concentration of sites from the late Gravettian culture and the subsequent development into the late phase of the Upper Palaeolithic, may represent evidence of a glacial refugium with continuous occupation. The chipped stone industry from the Kašov I site has been only partially analysed. Results have been published mainly for the lower layer. This paper provides preliminary technology characteristics and typology from the upper layer. The sample comes from the 1968 research season, sectors 84, 85, 86a, 86b and 87. This part of the settlement represents the greatest concentration of finds. The importance of the site lies not only in its dating but also in the fact that most of the industry is made of local obsidian, making it possible to investigate the technological processes involved in working with this rather specific raw material. The analysis allows for a better understanding of the chipped stone industry in the currently little-known Late Upper Palaeolithic and opens up possibilities for comparison with other contemporaneous sites

Keywords

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KAŠOV; PALAEOLITHIC; EPIGRAVETTIAN; GRAVETTIAN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; CHIPPED STONE INDUSTRY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37 – 56

Contributors

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Debnárová Lucia

• Archeologický ústav SAV, v. v. i., Akademická 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0441-2526

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/szausav.2025.72.3