The Cross-Section of the Palaeolithic on Slovene Soil

Abstract

T he author takes a short historical survey of the developm ent of Palaeo[1]lithic researches in ethnically Slovene territory. The discoveries of com para[1]tively num erous M ousterian an d A urignacian sites in a relatively narrow southern Alps te rrito ry have refuted in 1915 expressed M enghin’s view th at the te rrito ry had been well explored, and th erefo re no greater Palaeolithic discoveries w ere to be expected. In the nearest neighbourhood of a te rrito ry w hich had been covered w ith ice in Pleistocene a rich A urignacian site was discovered 1700 m above sea[1]level. In low er places several sites w ere found whose inventory confirm s th at th e te rrito ry was continually settled from th e earliest M ousterian to the latest Stages of the Palaeolithicum . A special ; attention is to be paid to th e appea[1]rance of quartzite in d u stry whose elem ents are rem iniscent of prim itive A urignacian