EXARC Journal (Nov 2013)
Book Review: Aurignacian Clay Hearths from Klissoura Cave 1: an Experimental Approach by Malgorzata Kot
Abstract
About 90 concave, clay-lined hearths were identified during excavations of Aurignacian layers (ca. 35000BC in Klissoura Cave 1, Greece (e.g., Karkanas et al. 2004; Koumouzelis et al. 2001). Only two similar combustion features, identified at the Czech site Dolni Věstonice and defined as kilns (Vandiver et al. 1989), were known from Palaeolithic contexts before the excavations at Klissoura...