Composition of a floor from an Upper Paleolithic skeletal grave – A case from Dolni Vestonice (Moravia, Czechia, Central Europe)

Abstract

Dolní Vĕstonice is a complex of sites, with a broad range of information about Early Modern Humans and the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian), with regard to technology, art, faunal, site and human remains. Dolní Vĕstonice is located near the town of Brno in the region of Moravia, Czech Republic. The subject of our interest covers a floor of a grave niche, from the site Dolní Vĕstonice I. Raman micro-spectroscopic research pointed at presence of hematite in the several selected randomly from the burial bed samples. Raman spectroscopy seems to be a useful tool for processing analyses of microdimensional archeological objects.