DIVJE BABE I. Upper Pleistocene Palaeolithic site in Slovenia
Part I: Geology and Palaeontology

Contents

• Contributors
• Introduction (Ivan TURK) - Summary
• 1. Introduction to techniques and methods of work in studying the Divje babe I site (Ivan TURK)
• 2. Brief geological description of the surroundings of Divje babe I (Jože ČAR)
• 3. Pleistocene sediments on Šebrelje plateau above the site of Divje babe I (Ivan TURK and Janez TURK) - Abstract
• 4. Stratigraphy of the Divje babe I site (Ivan TURK)
• 5. Sediments at the Divje babe I site (Ivan TURK, Dragomir SKABERNE, Boris OREL, Janez TURK, Andrej KRANJC, Lidija SLEMENIK-PERŠE and Anton MEDEN)
  • 5.1. Generally about sediments
  • 5.2. Morphological characteristics of clasts and climato-stratigraphy
  • 5.3. Aggregates, breccia and climato-stratigraphy
  • 5.4. Geochemical analysis of the sand-silt sedimentary fraction
  • 5.5. Unusual mineral in a hearth from Divje babe I
  • 5.6. General conclusion  
• 6. ESR Dating at Divje babe I, Slovenia (Bonnie A. B. BLACKWELL, Edwin S. K. YU, Anne R. SKINNER, Ivan TURK, Joel I. B. BLICKSTEIN, Janez TURK, Vicky S. W. YIN and Beverly LAU)
• 7. Chronology of the Divje babe I (Ivan TURK)
• 8. Palaeobotanical research in Divje babe I (Metka CULIBERG)
• 9. Fossil remains of avifauna from Divje babe I (Vesna MALEZ)
• 10. Small terrestrial mammals (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha,Chiroptera, Rodentia) from Divje babe I (Borut TOŠKAN and Boris KRYŠTUFEK)
• 11. Remains of large mammals from Divje babe I - Stratigraphy, taxonomy and biometry (Borut TOŠKAN)
• 12. Cave bear at the Divje babe I site: taphonomic-stratigraphics analysis (Ivan TURK and Janez DIRJEC)
• 12.1. Introduction to taphonomic analysis (Abstract)
• 12.2. Isolated teeth (Abstract)
• 12.3. Fragmentation of anatomically definable bones and other characteristics of bone remains (Abstract)
• 12.4. Representation of skeletal parts (Abstract)
• 12.5. Conclusion  
• 13. Fossil hairs of cave bear at the Divje babe I site (Ivan TURK and Gregor KAPUN)
• 14. Stable isotopes and the metabolism of cave bear from Divje babe I (Erle NELSON, Anders ANGERBJÖRN, Kerstin LIDÉN and Ivan TURK)
• 15. Metric study of cave bear skulls from Divje babe I (Borut TOŠKAN)
• 16. Large long bones of cave bear from the Divje babe I site (Gordana JAMBREŠIÆ and Ivan TURK)
• 17. Morphometric study of cave bear metapodials from Divje babe I (Borut TOŠKAN)
• 18. Conclusion (Ivan TURK)
• 19. References

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2007, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 13), 480pp, 10 colour photoogaphs, 178 b-w drawings, photoogaphs and maps, 89 tabels and 38 annexes; 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 978-961-254-019-7.

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