Open AccessThe first in situ Old Stone Age assemblage from the Rába Valley, Northwestern Hungary
Author(s) -
Zsolt Mester,
Norbert Faragó,
Attila Király
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dissertationes archaeologicae ex instituto archaeologico universitatis de rolando eötvös nominatae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2064-4574
DOI - 10.17204/dissarch.2014.351
Subject(s) - archaeology , assemblage (archaeology) , excavation , mesolithic , geography , period (music) , geology , art , aesthetics
Due to the construction of the M86 motorway, intensive quarrying activity started at several locations of the Rába Valley in Northwestern Hungary. This undertaking provided the discovery of a new archaeological site near the village of Páli in August 2014. During the rescue excavation, a rich lithic assemblage was unearthed, suggesting a human occupation related to the Epipalaeolithic–Early Mesolithic period. It is the first in situ site preceding the Neolithic in the region.