Acta Archaeologica Carpathica (Jan 2022)

A new find from the northern border of the Tatra Mountains

  • Paweł Valde-Nowak,
  • Magda Kowal,
  • Anna Kraszewska,
  • Jakub Skłucki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4467/00015229AAC.22.009.17463
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2022, no. 1
pp. 225 – 232

Abstract

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Despite over a hundred years of various archaeological works, including the latest in Hučiva Cave, considering the presence of Stone age peoples, Tatra Mountains remain an archaeological terra incognita. Therefore it is very important to communicate any new finds. The purpose of this article is to present the discovery from the mouth of the Lejowa valley, found in 2009 in close proximity to the formerly known site no. 1 in Witów, com. Kościelisko. The analyzes of raw material and technological aspect of specimen are presented in this article and can indicate that it was made by Stone Age people.