OSÍDLENIE JASKYNE DZERAVÁ SKALA V OBDOBÍ EPILENGYELSKÉHO KULTÚRNEHO OKRUHU

• Authors: Zdeněk Farkaš

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Settlement of the Dzerava skala cave in the period of the Epilengyel cultural circle

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Approximately 26 m deep and 10 m high cavity of the Dzeravá skala cave, situated in Plavecký Mikuláš in the Low Carpathians´ Plavecký kras in western Slovakia, has ranked among significant Palaeolithic sites of thea central European importance already since the beginning of the 20th century. However, all of the archaeological explorations carried out so far have not brought any important knowledge concerning also the post-palaeological settlement, especially in the period of the late Lengyel culture. The north-eastern corner of the cave, irregularly modelled through erosion, as well as the cave corridor with sinter decoration intentionally closed already during the Eneolithic. The opening to the underground was laid over by a massive stone and partially also by a flat stone board. The outlet corridor itled originally to the surface on the bottom of the 1/C object, which was of an irregular shape, from three sides adapted to the curving of stone walls. From the west, the only side open to the cave, the pit was bounded three times by an edge bent almost to the right angle, bordered by three column pits and marked traces of burnt wood. From the filling mixed with a large amount of stones there were collected 1876 fragments of ceramics, 10 fragments of copper objects, an unfinished stone polished instrument, fragments of partially burnt or burnt animal bones, and 9 bone and horn instruments. The typological scale of pottery products is characteristic, first of all, for the Ludanice group (Lengyel IV boverlapping to Lengyel IVc), with marked influences from the circle of the Jordanów group, the Bisamberg-Oberpullendorf group, or the Balaton I-Lasinja culture. All metal objects were in a fragmentary state, often with marked traces after breaking or other violent division of the original wholes. Most of them may be classified as garrniture or parts of clothing. So far the only copper object belonging to work instruments or weapons is a flat blade with saddle-shaped bent back. The discovery situation and fund make it possible to assume a unique, perhaps “sacral” function resulting from a tradition of cult pit “thankful” or “bidding” presents for the “representatives of higher power”.

Keywords

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ENEOLITHIC; CAVE; JORDANÓW GROUP; LASINJA CULTURE; LUDANICE GROUP; LENGYEL CULTURE; RITUAL SPACE; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21 – 91

Contributors

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Zdeněk Farkaš

• Slovenské národné múzeum, Archeologické múzeum, Žižkova 12, P. O. BOX 13, 810 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic