Viola T. Dobosi: Paleolithic Man in the Által-ér Valley (Tata, 1999)

loess cover Triassic limestone alluvial plain river spring depositing calcareous tuff loess profile Fig. 5. Model for the formation of river terraces Men who favoured the environs of the spring - for drinking or finding food - realised this, and this is how the Vértesszőlős tetaratadwellings came into function. The basins of 810 m diameter, surrounded with 2 meter high walls, almost completely dried bottom served for a long time a shelter for the community, probably till the game to be hunted became scarce. Later on the spring activity was started again and it covered the camp site of the Early Man with a 80-100 cm thick layer of calcareous tuff. Later on people returned to the place but only for a short while. The environs of the Vértesszőlős springs offered such favourable conditions for living that Early Men returned at least five times - maybe more - to the same spot, though the traces of their former camp-site was already below thick layers of limestone or loess. On the drawing, a possible reconstruction of this process is presented. The study of the inorganic environment and proofs of human activity are connected fortunately by the geologists when trying to 23