GIS analysis of the spatial distribution of Middle Palaeolithic artefacts in Kůlna Cave (Czech Republic)

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215009878" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215009878</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.028" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.028</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
GIS analysis of the spatial distribution of Middle Palaeolithic artefacts in Kůlna Cave (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The archaeological materials from Kůlna Cave have undergone various types of analyses as part of many different studies. Some of these have indicated the need to carry out a reconstruction of the spatial distribution of finds in order to focus on the ways in which the cave was divided. Having such knowledge, we could also explain more precisely the function of individual settlement horizons. The system of documentation, employed during the excavation of the cave, has made it difficult to analyse the spatial distributions using conventional methods. It is proposed using of GIS software spatial analysis simulations brought relevant and evident visualization. The results show that the utilisation of the cave changed with time. Along with simple structures attributed to the Taubachian, we also describe evidence of complex use of the interior of K ulna Cave during the Micoquian phase of settlement (around 50 ka calBP). Results of spatial distribution analyses indicate that the same functional division of the cave was maintained over time (e.g. layer 7a or 6a) and it consequently assumes a transmission of social knowledge within the organisation of the Kůlna Cave space.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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