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Exploring the Surrounding of a Gravettian Site. The Case Study Grub-Kranawetberg, Austria

    Philip R. Nigst, Walpurga Antl-Weiser, Marjolein D. Bosch

Archaeologia Austriaca 108/2024, pp. 201-224, 2024/12/11

Zeitschrift zur Archäologie Europas
Journal on the Archaeology of Europe

doi: 10.1553/archaeologia108s201

doi: 10.1553/archaeologia108s201


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doi:10.1553/archaeologia108s201



doi:10.1553/archaeologia108s201

Abstract

In this report we summarize the findings of our fieldwalking survey conducted around the well-known Mid-Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) open-air site Grub-Kranawetberg I in Lower Austria, about 40 kilometres northeast of Vienna. In September 2021, we surveyed around 126,000 square metres using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) to piece-plot each find. In total, we recovered 359 finds comprising lithic artefacts and faunal remains. In our analysis we show that the state of the fields did not drive how many finds per cadastral parcel were recovered during our survey and did not bias the find density per cadastral parcel. The majority of finds hint at a Gravettian dating and occur in two concentrations on top of the hill west of the known site Grub-Kranawetberg I.

Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic, Gravettian, fieldwalking, survey, spatial analysis, GIS, Lower Austria