An Integrative Approach to Cave, Open-Air and Underwater Mousterian Sites of Dalmatia (Croatia)

Summary

Paleolithic sites situated in the Hrvatsko zagorje region of north-western Croatia (Krapina, Vindija) are well known because they contain important finds of fossil human remains associated with both faunal remains and lithic industry. However, in recent years, work on Mousterian sites in Dalmatia (south Croatia) has intensified. It focuses on three types of sites, (caves, open-air, and an underwater site) as well as on a systematic survey of the region. This poster briefly presents one of each type of the site in the light of new research and compares evidences from these sites. While the cave site of Mujina pećina has yielded both lithics and faunal remains in a stratigraphic context, lithics from the Karanušići open-air site and the Kaštel Štafilić – Resnik underwater site were mainly collected from the surface. Although surface finds lack stratigraphic information, they contain some general technological and typological data, damage patterns, as well as information on sphericity and roundness of finds. This integrative approach to mentioned sites allows a comparison between land sites and those now under water, providing better insight into formation processes, a more complete picture of the area occupied by the Mousterian people and a clearer insight into their mobility patterns.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20166