ZALOG NEAR VERD. Stone Age hunters' camp at the western edge of the Ljubljansko barje

Andrej GASPARI and Miran ERIČ

Underwater archaeological research in the bed of the Ljubija stream at Zalog near Verd
Discovery, research methodology and geomorphologic characteristics of the site

Abstract

The article presents the underwater archaeological research of the Mesolithic site in the bed of the Ljubija Stream at the western edge of the Ljubljansko barje. The fi nds include stone artefacts, antler axes, bone tools and projectiles, a human cranium, animal bones and remains of wooden and stone structures, which were attributed to the 9th millennium BP on the basis of radiocarbon dates.

Key words: Slovenia, the Ljubljansko barje, Mesolithic, hunters’ camp, underwater archaeology, geomorphology, fl uvial forms, stratigraphy, 14C dates

Side view of the fi ll of the paleo-channel in the southern part of the site with visible large stones, tree branches and trunks.
Photo: Andrej Gaspari.

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2006, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 11), 233 pp., 37 drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 99 b-w drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6568-57-4.

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