Folia archeologica 53.

András Markó: The Upper Palaeolithic Site at Szob

THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC: SI I E AT SZOB 11 Beside the pebbles, three different sources of the hydrothermal rocks could be identified. Single pieces originate from the Cserhát and Mátra mountains, lying eastward from Szob, others from the Ziar basin, in Middle Slovakia,

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9 from 85-90 km in northern direction. Obsidian was quite popular raw material in the Epigravettian period, even in Austria and Moravia

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0 too. In Szob its use is restricted to the lower layer, where both the Slovakian (Carpathian 1.) and Tolcsva-type (Carpathian 2T) rocks are represented by a core and retouched tools; a burin spall show that the modification of the artefacts were partly taken place on the site. The geological sources are taking place in a 200-230 km distance in eastern direction. (Table 3.) 'С == Ü о. 1Л Я . U0 V) «j £ <5 <л Ё -í С 8 1 I t о Hydrothermal pebble + + + + + + + Middle Slovakian + + + + + + Cserhát + + + Mátra + indeterminate + + + + Radiolarite reddish-brown + + yellow + brown + + mauve coloured + black/red + yellowish red + Obsidian CI + + + C2T + Nummulitic chert greyish + + + + + yellow + Chalcedony + + + Quartzite + + + + Andesite + + Table 3. Raw material types used in the 'Lower layer' excavated before the Word War II I" MisiK 1975, 93-94; KAMINSKÁ 1991, 19-20. - for the the use of this raw material see: BARI A 1979, 10-12; KOZIOWSKI 2000, 173; DOBOSI ET AL. 1991. 2« BRANDINER 1990; SVOBODA 1991.