Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/archeo.4675

Vela Pećina Cave near Kali on Ugljan – a New Late Upper Palaeolithic Site in the Northern Dalmatian Islands

Leo Arbutina orcid.org/0009-0009-3146-1292 ; University of Zadar, Department of archaeology, Zadar, Croatia *
Mario Bodružić orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-5918 ; University of Zadar, Department of archaeology, Zadar, Croatia *
Dario Vujević orcid.org/0000-0003-3526-9205 ; University of Zadar, Department of archaeology, Zadar, Croatia *

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The paper presents the results of trial excavations at Vela Pećina cave near Kali on the island of Ugljan, and in particular the results of techno-typological and petrographic analyses of the lithic find assemblage. It considers the site’s significance in the settlement grid of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers within the context of the time period confirmed by radiocarbon dating and the site’s geographic location on the margins of the presently submerged Adriatic Plain.

Keywords

Vela Pećina; Ugljan; Upper Palaeolithic; Epigravettian; lithics

Hrčak ID:

329622

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/329622

Publication date:

30.3.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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