A Neolithic yew bow in the Polish Carpathians : evidence of the impact of human activity on mountainous palaeoenvironment from the Kamiennik landslide peat bog

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

MARGIELEWSKI, W.

Inst. of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Pologne

KRĄPIEC, M.

AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Kraków, Pologne

VALDE-NOWAK, P.

Inst. of Archaeolog, Kraków, Pologne

ZERNITSKAYA, V.

Inst. for Natural Management, Minsk, Pologne

Description :
A unique artefact, the fragment of a bow made of yew wood, indicating the hunting activity of prehistoric man, was found within the sediments of the landslide peat bog (at the depth of 330 cm) formed on the Mt. Kamiennik (Polish Flysch Carpathians). The datings of this artefact using 14C method indicate its connection with the activity of the Neolithic man, related to the Funnel Beaker Culture. The detailed analyses of the peat sediments (palynological and lithological) formed since the Atlantic phase of the Holocene, enabled the reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental framework of the bow fragment occurrence as well as the interpretation of the Middle- and Late Holocene climatic changes occurred in this part of the Carpathians.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Catena (Giessen), issn : 0341-8162, 2010, vol. 80, n°. 3, p. 141-153, nombre de pages : 13, Références bibliographiques : 1,5 p.

Date :
2010

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen-Destedt, Catena

Langue :
Anglais