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Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU
ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK 62, 2011
Anton VELUŠČEK:
Geoarchaeological research into Palaeolithic cave sites as a source of palaeoenvironmental data
Abstract
Cave sediments are more protected from weathering, erosion and other exogenic processes in comparison with sediments that accumulate at the Earth’s surface. For this reason, cave sediments keep a unique record of climate variations in the Pleistocene. Archaeological (Palaeolithic) sites, where sediments (including pollen, charcoal and bone fragments) can be systematically studied in one or several profiles, are the most useful for multidisciplinary surveys. Such surveys are very important for archaeologists because they offer insight into climate conditions that prevailed in the period when humans visited the cave and left various traces there. So-called geoarchaeological surveys demand extensive cooperation between archaeologists and geologists.
Keywords: Palaeolithic, Pleistocene, geoarchaeology, cave sediments, chronology, palaeoclimate, radiometric dates
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