Stránská skála
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| Stránská skála | |
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 Toppath on Stránská skála | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°11′26.05″N 16°40′32.66″E / 49.1905694°N 16.6757389°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Area | 15.54 ha (38.4 acres) |
| Geography | |
  Stránská skála Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Location | Middle Pleistocene |
Stránská skála is a
Cromerian interglacial most important paleontological site in Central Europe
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Location
Stránská skála is situated in the northern part of the Brno-Slatina district, in the eastern part of Brno. From the geomorphological point of view, Stránská skála belongs to the Dyje–Svratka Valley within the Outer Subcarpathia.
Description
Stránská skála is dating to approximately 600,000 BP, as supported by
fossiliferous fissures
and caves were found. Approximately 48 meter (157 ft) of this slope are covered by complex talus fan.
Paleontology
At this place extensive
Eneolitics, which spanned roughly 27,000 to 20,000 B.C. In addition to the abundance of various stone tools were discovered also fireplaces
(the older one 250.000 BP).
Gallery
See also
References
- Valoch, Karel (1989). The Early Upper Palaeolithic in the Eastern Part of Central Europe, Anthropologie XXVII, 2–3, 89–91.
- Valoch, Karel (2000). More on the Question of Neanderthal Acculturation in Central Europe, in:Current Anthropology 41:4, 625–626. Chicago
- Mlíkovský, Jiří, (2002): Early Pleistocene birds of Stránská skála, Czech Republic: 2. Absolon's cave. Sylvia 38: s. 19–27
- ^ M. Anton et al.: Co-existence of scimitar-toothed cats, lions and hominins in the European Pleistocene. Implications of the post-cranial anatomy of Homotherium latidens (Owen) for comparative palaeoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2004).
Further reading
- Musil, Rudolf (ed.1995): Stránská skála Hill. Excavation of open-air sediments 1964–1972. ISBN 3-7749-2798-7(Antropos, English).
- Musil, Rudolf (1968), Valoch Karel: Stránská skála: Its meaning for Pleistocene Studies.- Current Anthropology 9/5, part II, 534–539, Glasgow.
- Musil, Rudolf (1999): The environment in Moravia during the stage 3.- State of the Stage Project at the Start of its fourth Phase, News 7, 69–78, Cambridge.
- Musil, Rudolf (2003): The Early Upper Palaeolithic Fauna from Stránská skála. In: J.A. Svoboda and Ofer Bar –Yosef, Eds.: Stránská Skála. Origins of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Brno Basin, Moravia, Czech Republic.- American School of Prehistoric Research Bulletin 47, Dolní Věstonice Studies 10, 213–218, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
External links
- National Nature Monuments in CR: Stránská skála (English)
- Stránská skála Hill PDF 16 Seiten, English.
- City trafic connection – Tram time table line N°10 TO (on line, Czech)
- City trafic connection – Tram time table line N°10 OF (on line, Czech)
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