RESEARCH PAPER
Age of Black Coloured Laminae Within Speleothems from Domica Cave and Its Significance for Dating of Prehistoric Human Settlement
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Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Oleandry 2a, 30-063 Kraków, Poland
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Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
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Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Gołębia 11, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Administration of Slovak Caves, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Online publication date: 2007-10-29
Publication date: 2007-12-01
Geochronometria 2007;28:39-45
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ABSTRACT
The paper deals with the black coloured laminae which occur within speleothems in Domica cave (Slovakia). The laminae are composed of non completely carbonized organic compounds and charcoal particles. The components were formed during combustion of plant material, mainly wood, inside the cave. Thus, they are a by-product of human activity inside the cave. The radiocarbon ages of organic fraction of these laminae fall between 6460 and 6640 cal BP and 7160 and 7330 cal BP. These dates indicate that the origin of the laminae is connected with two episodes of prehistoric occupation of the cave. The first one should be related either to later part of Gemer Linear Pottery or to early Bükk culture populations. The second episode refers to the youngest phase of human occupation in Domica cave reflecting the last period of Bükk populations' existence in the Slovak Karst.
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