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8.5 Bone with incisions – “counting stick”
The radial bone of a wolf with parallel engraved scratches was found by Karel Absolon in 1936. He interpreted it at the time as an aid to recording numbers – a “counting stick” and as such it has…
8.6 Bone with grooves
Fragment of a long animal bone with regularly scratched grooves in several rows, perhaps representing a counting aid to record the haul during a hunt, or a timekeeping record.
8.7 Schematic reconstruction of a Palaeolithic dwelling
The basic feature of most Gravettian settlement sites is a settlement unit containing one or more hearths, various kinds of depressions in the terrain, an accumulation of larger objects around the…
9.1 Triple grave
This shared grave of three young people was discovered on 13 August 1986 at the very crown of the Dolní Věstonice II site.
9.2 Necklace or headdress (diadem) from perforated animal teeth
Perforated predator teeth are generally interpreted as ornamentation on necklaces.
9.3 Flint blade
A blade made from flint which was lying in the triple grave between the legs of the central individual DV 15.