Předmostí u Přerova (archaeological site)

Coordinates: 49°27′56″N 17°26′23″E / 49.46556°N 17.43972°E / 49.46556; 17.43972
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Předmostí u Přerova
Archeological site
Clay dune – clay pit of Chromecek
Highest point
Elevation250 m (820 ft)
Prominence35 m (115 ft)
Coordinates49°27′56″N 17°26′23″E / 49.46556°N 17.43972°E / 49.46556; 17.43972
Dimensions
Area37 acres (15 ha)
Geography
Předmostí u Přerova is located in Czech Republic
Předmostí u Přerova
Předmostí u Přerova
LocationCzech Republic—Moravia
Parent rangeMoravian Gate/Oderské vrchy
Geology
Age of rockLate Pleistocene
Skeleton discovered in the last archaeological exploration 2006

Předmostí (Skalka) (often without

diacritics as Predmosti or Predmost), situated in the north western part of Přerov, Moravia near the city of Přerov, is an important Late Pleistocene hill site
of Central Europe.

A fossil site at Předmostí is located near

Moravian Museum in Brno
.

A fragment of Predmostí 21's mandible was rediscovered in the Museum of Olomouc.[1]

New excavations were conducted.[when?]

The Předmostí site appears to have been a living area with associated burial ground with some 20 burials, including 15 complete human interments, and portions of five others, representing either disturbed or secondary burials.

ice-age horse, wolf, bear, wolverine, and hare. Remains of three dogs were also found, one of which had a mammoth
bone in its mouth.

The Předmostí site is dated to between 24,000 and 37,000 years old. The people had robust features indicative of a big-game hunter lifestyle. They also share square eye socket openings found in the French material. Skulls of Předmostí individuals are significantly longer and more robust than of modern Europeans, with thick brow ridges, and prognathism, and show marked sexual dimorphism.[3] They also display a degree of variability.[4]

History of research

Předmostí 9 skull, destroyed in 1945

It was here that

amateur archeologist with a professional approach-were crowned by the discovery of human bones on an unprecedented scale, together with the first find of a human lower jaw made by Wankel in 1884 and the later finds of M. Kříž (1886) and K. Absolon
(1929), there were the fossil human remains discovered at Předmostí.

  • The Bond pendant
    The Bond pendant
  • Memorial of hunters in situ
    Memorial of hunters in situ
  • Old map of Předmostí (Predmost) 1830, earlier than research start
    Old map of Předmostí (Predmost) 1830, earlier than research start
  • Map of Cro-Magnon migration, stage -32 000.
    Map of Cro-Magnon migration, stage -32 000.

References

  • Dolni Vestonice I – the Kiln and Encampment. Don's Maps- Paleolithic European, Russian and Australian Archaeology. Ed. Don Hitchcock.
  • Jelínek, J., Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Evolution of Man, Prague: Hamlyn (1975).
  • National Geographic Magazine, The National Geographic Society, October 1988.
  • Price, T. D., and G. M. Feinman. Images of the past. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010. Print.
  • Pringle, Heather. "Ice Age Communities May Be Earliest Known Net Hunters." Science Magazine 277.5300 (1997): 1203–204. Science. Web. Trinkaus, Erik, *Shreeve, James, The Neandertal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins, New York: William Morrow and Company (1995).
  • Tedlock, Barbara, "The Woman in the Shaman's Body; Reclaiming the feminine in religion and medicine", New York: Bantam Dell, 2005.
  1. doi:10.4000/bmsap.70
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  2. ^ Svoboda J.A. (2004). "The Gravettian on the Middle Danube". Paléo – Revue d'archéologie préhistorique. 19: 203–220.
  3. ^ "Weclcome to the Open Research Scan Archive!".
  4. PMID 18242606
    .

Further reading
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