Exponáty

5.3 Deliberately damaged ceramic animal figurines

Technological analyses of the ceramic figures and their fragments indicate they were somehow intentionally damaged and destroyed, either mechanically, for example by being punctured with a sharp…

7.1 Mammoth bone midden

Segment of a mammoth bone midden, conserved in situ and directly integrated into the Archeopark exhibition space.

8.1 Knapped stone industry – manufacturing process

At the very start of the technological process of manufacturing knapped stone artefacts was a nodule of raw material, usually consisting of different types of easily fissile cherts. At Gravettian…

8.2 Knapped stone industry – retouched tools

  Burins Material: stone – flint (erratic silicate) Exhibit type: original Archaeological site: Pavlov I (Pavlov near Dolní Věstonice, Moravia), Dolní Věstonice II (Dolní…

8.3 Bone and antler industry

The working of bone, antler and ivory achieved a high technological standard during the Gravettian. An enormous range of objects were created – from decorative items to symbolic and ritual goods,…

8.4 Stone bar – “calendar”

This elongated artefact made from mudstone with cyclically repeating lines was discovered in a hearth by Bohuslav Klíma in 1986, approximately 1 metre from the edge of the triple grave.