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Gravette from Aggsbach / Wachau

This is a small pointed blade (4,3 cm long) with bilaterally  abrupt retouches made of patinated hornfels or flint, It was found at   Aggsbach; Wachau, Lower Austria. Similar implements are known from the Aggsbach Gravettian B site. The Danube, given the … Continue reading

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The Aurignacian in Lower Austria revisited

This is a Burin from the Krems Hundssteig site, made from Radiolarite and dating either to the Aurignacian or Gravettian. The Krems Hundssteig site is one of several sites in the Krems valley with Aurignacian material, dated between 41-31 k.a. … Continue reading

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Shouldered Points during the Upper Paleolithic

This is a shouldered point found during the 19th century in the Provence with no contextual information.  Shouldered points during the Upper Paleolithic appeared first in the context of the French Perigordian / Gravettian. They are known from the Périgord … Continue reading

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Eastern Gravettian at Moravany Nad Vahom: the Banka-Site

These are upper Paleolithic artifacts, found early in the last century at Moravany Banka. This site has been introduced into the scientific literature by Lothar F. Zotz and Wenzel Vlk in 1939 and has been reexcavated by an international team in the … Continue reading

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A Gravette from Willendorf

A Gravettian point, found early in the 20th century at Willendorf I or II, a site located near Aggsbach in the Wachau, a part of the Danube valley, about 80 km west of Vienna. After the discovery of a rich … Continue reading

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Krems / Hundssteig

An ivory projectile point weathered after a heavy rain in August 1972 from the loess at the Krems-Hundssteig site together with a blade for the production of tiny bladelets with a flat carinated end. The point can be securely ascribed to … Continue reading

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