COMPLEX OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES AT THE LITMANOVSKA HILL IN JARABINA (NORTHERN SLOVAKIA)

• Authors: Mariola Biernat , Marian Sojak , Paweł Valde-Nowak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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In this article the new archaeological finds from Jarabina, a village situated about four kilometers to the northwest of Stará Ľubovňa, were discussed. It is very probable that the complex of sites located at the Litmanovská hill, which was discovered several years ago as a result of the field survey, gives next evidences of the Late Palaeolithic settlement in the region of Ľubovnianska Vrchovina as well as the whole Poprad basin in the territory of present Slovakia. Among 216 stone artifacts from Jarabina-Litmanovská the specimens made of local radiolarite, especially its red variety prevailed over the others and the products of siliceous limestone as well as few flint artifacts accompanied them. The products of every stage of the stone knapping can be observed: from a pre-core across the cores, flakes, crested blades, common blades and chips to the tools. In the assemblages of the Jarabina-Litmanovská 1 and 2, which created well-defined concentrations on the surface, the presence of blade technique is clearly noticeable. The inventory of the Jarabina-Litmanovská 3 was consisted of only one object: an atypical massive macroburin. Aside from the mentioned sites, at the Litmanovská hill 27 stone artifacts were gathered. They were mainly flakes made of raw material of low quality. The collection of not knapped small nodules of green radiolarite is also worth attention. Among all the finds some elements of late Pleistocene Świderian and Magdalenian cultures were distinguished, what results in the fact that the sites at the Litmanovská hill may correspond with the inventory from Stará Ľubovňa-Pod Štokom II.

Keywords

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SLOVAKIA; SPIŠ REGION; LATE PALAEOLITHIC; MAGDALENIAN TECHNOCOMPLEX; SWIDERIAN CULTURE; STONE INDUSTRY; TYPOLOGY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1 – 20

Contributors

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Mariola Biernat

• Sieniawa 251, PL – 34-723 Sieniawa, Poland

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Marian Sojak

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Paweł Valde-Nowak