Hučivá Cave: a Magdalenian hunting camp in the Tatra Mountains

Abstract

This article discusses the objectives of the Stone Age Man in Caves of the Tatra Mountains project, which aims to explain the mysterious absence of evidence for the Palaeolithic in the Tatra Mountains of Eastern Europe. We present preliminary work from Hučivá Cave, which demonstrates clear traces of Magdalenian settlement within this region.

Solving Stone Age puzzles: From artefacts and sites towards archaeological interpretations

“…The long-lasting mystery of such an early settlement of the Tatra Mountains has recently begun to be clarified. Traces of the settlement of a group of late-glacial hunters of the Magdalenian culture were discovered in the Belianske Tatras, namely in Hučivá Cave in Slovakia, at an altitude of nearly The problem of cave settlement in the Tatra Mountains massif: A case study of Obłazkowa Cave 1,000 meters above sea level (Valde-Nowak, Soják 2018;Valde-Nowak et al 2022). Last year, during the excavation works, a group of artefacts and relics of the hearth were excavated.…”

A new find from the northern border of the Tatra Mountains

“…For over a hundred years researchers have been interested in the Tatra Mountains archaeological research (Jura 1955;Żaki 1967;Rydlewski, 2006aRydlewski, , 2006bRydlewski, , 2008Buławka, Kerneder-Gubała 2020). Yet, even considering a recent discovery of a Magdalenian archaeological site in a cave in the Belianske Tatras (Valde-Nowak et al 2022), evidence of Stone Age people staying in these mountains is still exceptional (Tunia 1987). Meanwhile, at the foot of the Polish Tatra Mountains the number of human traces from the Stone Age is growing, and each of the finds merits a great interest.…”