Fülöp Éva – Cseh Julianna szerk.: „Die aktuellen Fragen des Mittelpaläolithikums in Mitteleuropa”. „Topical issues of the research of Middle Palaeolithic period in Central Europe”. Tata, 20-23 October 2003. (Tudományos Füzetek 12. Tata, 2004)

Lubomíra Kaminská: The Middle Palaeolithic settlements at the Skalka moundat Horka-Ondrej near Poprad (Slovakia)

of the steppe-fox (Vulpes gr. corsac), and the porcupine (Hystrix vinogradovi), but other species as Arvicola terrestris, Cricetus cricetus, Ursus cf. spaeleus - denningeri, Coelodontus antiquitatis, Equus cf. germanicus etc. are numerous as well. The layers of loamy fossil sediments are sterile in respect of malacofauna,

28 From the area of the fireplace, in sectors a 4-7, layer D, charcoal was determined as coming from alder (Alnus sp,), common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), and forest pine (Pinus silvestris) indicating a cooling of the climate,

29 In 1988 a fragment of a female skull of Homo sapiens sapiens has been revealed in Hôrka-Ondrej, area A. A high age of the skull was proved by analyses of amino acids and microanalyses of bones from the skull as well as animal ones. Fluoric analyses and mainly C

14 dating realised in Oxford indicated the contemporary age of the skull. In 2003 three former workers, which had participated in the excavations, declared the find of skull to be a deceit. The problem of the skull's disputable age has been solved by this way and so I beg you further not to concern the find to be a Palaeolithic one. The chipped stone industry The chipped stone industry in area A presents a relatively abundant collection, consisting of 4088 pieces. There were only 112 finished tools, 2,73%. Cores and their remains comprise 79 pieces, 1.93%. The most abundant group were flakes and debitage, which present 3,897 pieces, 95.32%. Technological groups no % Cores 79 1.93 Flakes 3890 95.17 Blade 7 O.17 Tools 112 2.73 Total 4088 100.00 Table 10: Hôrka-Ondrej; area A. Major technological groups A substantial part of the industry was made on quartz of various colours (pink, green, milky, transparent, dark grey to black), and quality (very fine-grained, coarse-grained with a firm little eyes, cracked), a total of 3580 pieces

—87.57%. The second most widely utilised raw material was chert, 484 pieces (11.83%) with a few colour varieties. The most common was reddish brown radiolarite (247 pes.), followed by grey-green (125 pes.), yellow-green (110 pes.), and one of each in orange-pink and black. Besides 28 LOZEK I993. 29 HAJNALOVÁ-HAJNALOVÁ 2000,164. 200