Nástenná uhľová značka z doby železnej v jaskyni Číkova diera v Slovenskom krase

• Authors: Šefčáková Alena , Igor Balciar

Title variants

EN

Wall charcoal sign from Iron Age in the Číkova diera cave, in the Slovak Karst area

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Phenomena like charcoal abrasion marks from torches, simple drawings or signs on the walls of Slovak caves were noticed already at the beginning of the 20th century; and, of course, archaeologists and other researchers have paid their attention to them even later. In the course of previous years, the walls of several caves were studied, notably in the Slovak Karst area. In certain cases, they have found charcoal traces and – amongst them – one with the shape of a simple sign even in the Číkova diera cave. Despite the very subtle charcoal layer, it has been possible to date the drawing through a special method focused on extremely small samples in the ANSTO laboratory in Australia (the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation). The result of dating brings us back to Iron Age – or more specifically to the Early La Tène Period (according to calibration median), by confirming that the cave was back then visited by humans, despite the fact that no archaeological finds were discovered.

Keywords

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Slovak Karst; Iron Age; Early La Tène Period; caves; prehistoric rock art; charcoal samples; AMS radiocarbon dating

• Publisher: Slovak National Museum – Archaeological Museum
• Journal: Zborník Slovenského národného múzea Archeológia
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 116
• Pages: 71-79

Contributors

author

Šefčáková Alena

• Slovenské národné múzeum – Prírodovedné múzeum, Vajanského nábrežie 2, P. O. BOX 13, SK – 810 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

author

Igor Balciar