At first glance, the archaeological record of Moravia has been quite visible in the Anglophone world. Bits and pieces of this record have repeatedly made headlines in both the general and the specialized press for close to a century. First, it was the discovery of a mass grave of some 21 individuals found at the Upper Paleolithic site of Pfedmosti, then the oldest evidence for ceramic technology reported in the first quarter of this century in the Illustrated London News. Later on, the site of Petfkovice, dating some 23,000 B. P., produced evidence for the oldest burning of coal for fuel,...
At first glance, the archaeological record of Moravia has been quite visible in the Anglophone world. Bits and pieces of this record have repeatedly m...
Findings from excavations at the site from 1910 to 1999 are synthesized with an eye to settling the rivalry between two major hypotheses about the emergence of modern humans and the demise of the Neanderthals about 20-30,000 years ago along the middle and upper Danube River. There is no index. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews
Findings from excavations at the site from 1910 to 1999 are synthesized with an eye to settling the rivalry between two major hypotheses about the eme...