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

Fig. 30. Pebble tools for example, why the prehistoric people settled in the calcareous tuff basins were contented with their tiny tools when they had to deal with such huge animals like woolly rhinoceros or a mammoth. We can suppose that they disposed of lances with fire-trained tips which disappeared in the course of time, but the butchering, skinning of the prey and the preparation of the hide must have demanded a hard and lasting tool-kit. Other contradictions can be, to some extent explained though not fully resolved. The most powerful arguments are the position and former environment of the site. The geographical position of the site explains why remains of animals and plants with different ecological demands could be mixed within the remains of one site. The valley of the Által-ér connected the Tata basin with the mid-mountain environment, the foot-hill row of hills of the Gerecse Mountains are close to the site. The valley of the Által-ér lead the animals preferring forestal environment to the plains while to the west of the site the prehistoric hunters could have their selection from the herds animal world of the dry, grassy steppe. The tepid springs functioning in the environs of the site created a pleasant environ53