The
Dolní Věstonice-Pavlov Complex:

CLIMATE, BEHAVIOR AND TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY
by  Jiří Svoboda
Department of Paleolithic and Paleoethnology,
Institute of Archaeology, AS CR, Dolní Věstonice

     During the Last Glaciation, Central Europe represented a narrow steppic belt that  provided communication between non-glaciated regions in the west and east of the continent. As a result of establishment of important cultural centers in Eastern Europe during the Middle Upper Palaeolithic, a sort of “continental balance” seems to have been created, with impact on the increasing social importance of the center. --65 images -- $55.00 Available on CD-ROM only.