Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110687 RIV/00025798:_____/19:00000210
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gea.21740" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/gea.21740</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21740" target="_blank" >10.1002/gea.21740</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits: The case of Dolní Věstonice II, Czech Republic
Original language description
The formation of extensive mammoth bone deposits is a characteristic feature of the large Upper Paleolithic settlements of the Moravian Gravettian (approximately 30 ky cal BP). Some of these were preferentially deposited in moist locations, possibly for reasons of hygiene and conservation. Here, we present a case of a mammoth bone deposit located in a side gully below the Dolni Vestonice II settlement, where an earlier a Pleistocene landslide temporarily created a shallow water basin. The environmental record is provided by analyses of pollen and mollusks. The structure of the osteological and archaeological assemblages suggests the use of this location as a place for storage, garbage disposal, and related activities. We suggest that the mammoth remains were transported to such places by humans either directly from nearby kill sites, or, after first selection, from the nearby settlement. We also discuss possible facilities for such transport.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Geoarchaeology: an international journal
ISSN
0883-6353
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
745-758
UT code for WoS article
000490084900007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85073500256