Potok Cave

Coordinates: 46°26′56″N 14°40′07″E / 46.44889°N 14.66861°E / 46.44889; 14.66861
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Potok Cave
Potočka zijalka
Entrance to Potok Cave
Potok Cave in Slovenia
Potok Cave in Slovenia
location in Slovenia
Locationabove Solčava
Regioneastern Karawanks Slovenia
Coordinates46°26′56″N 14°40′07″E / 46.44889°N 14.66861°E / 46.44889; 14.66861
Typelimestone karst
Length115 m (377 ft)
Width40 m (130 ft)
History
MaterialTriassic limestone
PeriodsUpper Paleolithic
Associated withPaleo-humans

Potok Cave

anatomically modern humans of the Aurignacian culture during the Upper Paleolithic. The cave is named after the Potok Farm in Podolševa.[5][6] The Slovene term zijalka or zijavka refers to a flat-bottomed cave with a gaping mouth on a cliff face.[6][7] Systematic excavations were carried out from 1928 through 1935 by Slovenian archaeologist Srečko Brodar.[8]

Location

The cave is located in the eastern Karawanks in northern Slovenia, on the southern slope of Mount Olševa above Solčava, at an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) in the Triassic limestone.[8] It is 115 m (377 ft)[9] long and varies from 17 m (56 ft) wide at the mouth to 40 m (130 ft) wide in the interior.[9] Its entry opens toward the south.[8]

Role

There are two explanations of its role. According to the original explanation, the cave was a hunting station. According to the newer one, it was a ritual place.[8]

Excavations

After amateur excavations by Josef Gross, a medical student from Austria, the area was bought by the Museum Society of Celje. Systematic excavations were carried out on its behalf by archaeologist Srečko Brodar, starting in 1928[10] and continuing until 1935.[9]

The finds from eight layers excavated from the cave included the bones of more than 40 animal species, including

arrowheads and one of the world's oldest sewing needles.[8][11]

Exhibits

In a village near the cave, a permanent exhibit is open for tourists at the Firšt Inn and Museum in the Logar Valley.[12] The other finds can be seen at the Celje Regional Museum. Unfortunately much of the collection was destroyed during World War II in 1945 Allied bombing raids.[9]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. 2014. World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence. New York: Routledge, p. 207.
  2. ^ Dowson, Thomas. 2013. "Views from Ancient Doorways," Archaeology Travel.
  3. ^ Bezlaj, France. 1961. Slovenska vodna imena, vol. 2. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 337.
  4. ^ "Potočka zijavka". Parc.si. Palaeolithic Research Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.
  5. ^ Mišič, Franc. 1938. "O ledinskih in hišnih imenih okoli Solčave." Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje 33(3/4): 191–201, p. 195.
  6. ^ a b SlovLit: Potočka zijalka (in Slovene)
  7. ^ Bezlaj, France et al. 2005. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika vol. 4. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 411.
  8. ^ a b c d e Debeljak, Irena; Turk, Matija. "Potočka zijalka". In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Torkar, Gregor; Golež, Mateja; et al. (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b c d Broda, Mitja. 1995. "Potočka zijalka." Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol. 9, Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 193–194.
  10. ^ Brodar, Srečko, & Mitja Brodar. 1983. Potočka zijalka, visokoalpska postaja aurignacienskih lovcev. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 12.
  11. ^ Odar, Boštjan (2008). "A Dufour Bladelet from Potočka zijalka (Slovenia)" (PDF). Arheološki vestnik. 59: 13.
  12. ^ Stalna razstava Potočka zijalka (Potok Cave Permanent Exhibit) (in Slovene)

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