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

Fig. 10. Vertesszőlős, lower cult irai layer: teeth of a rhinoceros important for the site are listed, whether they served for hunted game for the people or they are important for some reason: •^ partly, they have a relatively high ratio in the faunal list of the site indicating an intentional selection by humans, which is an important datum for cultural history, "$" or, they are typical for the geological period and therefore have a chronological value for the evaluation of the site. The grouping according to potential utilisation reflect our current taste. Deducing from the observations made on recent hunting-gathering communities, any source of protein could be consumed and thus the column for food could be probably more complex. The calculated/estimated individual number probably stood for a considerably large amount of meat, obviously reflecting the kitchen debris of a larger community living at one spot for a longer period. The important cultural historical question, how they could obtain this large amount of meat we cannot give a proper answer as yet. On the dwelling places of people standing at similar level of development archaeologists have already found wooden poles with pointed tips toughened in fire: they can be very efficient arms. The embedding calcareous silt at Vértesszőlős did not preserve such finds. It is possible that they were collecting the carcasses of animals 29