Folia archeologica 53.
András Markó: The Upper Palaeolithic Site at Szob
8 MARKÓ ANDRÁS The fauna of the site (Table 1.) is known only after publications. The bones, teeth and antlers excavated before the World War II were studied by M. Mottl. 1 1 In the handbook of the Hungarian Palaeolithic 1- László Vértes published a faunal list based on the determinations of Miklós Kretzoi, however, the exact stratigraphical position of these remains are unknown, as well as the charcoal pieces analysed bv Sándor Sárkány and József Stieber 1 3 (Table 2.). Concerning the fauna of the last excavations only short list was published by M. Gábori, without a detailed examination. M. Mottl M. Kretzoi M. Gábori Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus Rhinoceros antiquitatis (Rhinoceros antiquitatis ) Mammuthus Mammuthus Equus sp. Ungulata indet Table 1. - Faunal remain; of the site S. Sárkány J. Stieber Total Larix-Picea 3 27 30 Pinns sp. 2 2 Salix sp. 1 7 8 Total 6 34 40 Table 2. - Charcoal samples studied from Szob SET TLEMENT FEATURES During the excavation of S. Gallus a culture layer of ca. 10 cm in thickness was exposed. 80 m southward from his trench A. Horváth documented several cultural levels with small, net-like find concentrations, similar to the khshemenitsas observed recently on Slovakian Epigravettian sites. 1 1 The 'Lower Layer' (concentrations D, E and F) was excavated in a length of 12,5 m. The spot С was lying by about 30 cm, the 'Upper Layer' (concentrations G, L and M ) by 80-90 cm above the lower one. At the point H Horváth mentioned a 'bread-like' fireplace, without any archaeological artefacts, two other clusters (I and K) are known only after his sketches. In the fourties M. Mottl excavated two discrete culture layers separated by sterile loess of 50 cm in thickness. 1 5 In 1953 M. Gábori during his field survey observed two unambiguous levels and a less definite one, however, in the sixties he exposed several spots of 1-2 m in diameter of only one layer with 6-8 cm in thickness (Fig. 2.). Ч MOTTL 1942. 1 2 VÉRTES 1965. 13 STIEBER 1957, 375, 400 '-I KoztowsKi 2000, 173. IS MOTTL, 1942.
