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22 VIOLA 'Г. DOBOSI the shelter is not a characteristic „cave of primitive man". The fauna found there reflects ratios to the natural to the species involved. As a consequence of the topography of the cave a great number of the bone remains came from both forest steppe animals. 2 6 Perforated red deer canines are fairly common jewerly, although not usual in the Upper Paleolithic .The degree of fossilization of the Csákvár pendants corresponds to their stratigraphical position, their Ice Age origin is beyond doubt. A more difficult problem is the interpretation of bracelet-fragments (Fig. 10. 2 a — е.). Vértes tried to determine their origin using chemical and physical methods. On the basis of a fluorine-test and use of a luminescence-probe he thought, their Ice Age origin to be possible. 2 7 New probes were not made on these highly regular and carefully polished fragments of flawless manufacture. If they are really Paleolithic objects they were made of mammoth tusk and thus they could not be younger than the Paudorf interstadial. It is not however, possible to clear up their stratigraphical position retrospectively. We must not preclude the possibility that they came to light from a more recent, Roman Period, layer in the cave and this case they were made of ivory. Further study will be necessary to settle the question. PESKŐ CAVE Whistle. Perforated reindeer metapodium (Fig. 2, 5.). Inv. № Pb 904. During his excavations in 1934, O. Kadi с found this object in a cultural layer identified by him as Magdalenian. 2 8 During his studies made on methods of hunting and capture I. Vörös noted some of the damages on the metapodia and knuckles of animals caused by certain kinds of traps. These damages bear a striking resemblance to artificial perforation. 2 9 It requires further investigations to see whether all the bones identified as whistles, are really musical instruments or whether their holes are merely damages recieved when the animal was trapped. Even in this latter cawe however, they add important data to our knowledge of Paleolithic hunting methods. JANKOVICH CAVE Amulet with "ladder " ornament (Fig. 3, 1.). Inv. №38/916.1. During his excavations in 1916, J. Hillebrand found a decorated bone plate near the entrance of this cave. It was stratigraphically positioned in the Lower Magdalenian clay layer of a side-gallery. 3 0 Its description: "... this is the fragment of an oblong, flat amulet made of mammoth tusk. It is perforated near its 2 6 Kadic, O.—Kretxpi, M., Barlangkutatás 14—15 (1926—27) 1—21. 2 7 Vértes, h., Az őskőkor és az átmeneti kőkor emlékei Magyarországon. (Budapest 1965) 159—160. 2 8 Kadic, O., Barlangkutatás 17 (1944) 26. 2 9 I should like to express my thanks to I. Vörös for his personal communication in this matter. 3 0 Hillebrand, J., Barlangkutatás 5 (1917) 102—104.
