Some Notes on the Prehistory of the Eastern Part of Central Europe

Having lately returned from Czecho-Slovakia, where I was attending an Anthropological Congress and studying museum collections, I thought perhaps it might interest members of the P.S.E.A. to have a note on what appears to be the succession of prehistoric cultures in that country.There seems to be nothing so far found corresponding to our Lower Palæolithic or earlier industries. It is true that there is one solitary lump of flint, roughly chipped, with large flake-scars and an ochreous patina that has been claimed as Lower Palæolithic in date, but it is really very little to go on. A poor kind of Mousterian, mostly not made of good flint, seems fairly common in Moravia although it has not been found near Prague. On the other hand, many of the tools in an undoubted Upper Palæolithic series recall by their technique and shape the industry of La Quina.

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On Making of Micoquian Bifacial Backed Tools at Pietraszyn 49a, SW Poland

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology ◽

10.1007/s41982-020-00069-y ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Andrzej Wiśniewski ◽

Marcin Chłoń ◽

Marcel Weiss ◽

Katarzyna Pyżewicz ◽

Witold Migal

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Narrow Range ◽

Comprehensive Analysis ◽

Structured Data ◽

The Other ◽

Upper Palaeolithic ◽

Data Set ◽

Sw Poland ◽

Marine Isotope Stage 3 ◽

Early Upper

Abstract This paper attempts to show that manufacture of Micoquian bifacial backed tools was structured. Data for this study were collected using a comprehensive analysis of artefacts from the site Pietraszyn 49a, Poland, which is dated to the beginning of Marine Isotope Stage 3. Based on the whole data set, it was possible to distinguish four stages of the manufacturing process. During manufacturing, both mineral hammer and organic hammer were used. The tools were usually shaped due to distinct hierarchization of faces. The study has also shown that the shape of bifacial tools from Pietraszyn 49a is very similar to the other Micoquian examples from central Europe. The ways of shaping of some tools are finding their counterparts also in the Early Upper Palaeolithic inventories, but the similarities are rather limited to the narrow range of preparation of bifacial form.

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Impatiens parviflora (small balsam).

10.1079/cpc.28768.20210100319 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rob Tanner

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Central Europe ◽

Forest Vegetation ◽

The Other ◽

European Countries ◽

Other Hand ◽

Impatiens Parviflora ◽

Undisturbed Forest ◽

Successful Invader

Abstract I. parviflora is an exceptionally successful invader of many European countries. Its spread has been rapid, it is abundant in many parts of its exotic range and is one of few plants to successfully invade undisturbed forest vegetation. It is consequently regarded as undesirable by some, though there is little evidence of negative economic, social or environmental impacts. Further spread in central Europe is not likely as the species is already very abundant. In North America, on the other hand, it is still very localized. Even without clear evidence for impacts, a further spread there should not be encouraged by deliberate or careless transport of the species.

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Technology transfer in biotechnology in Central Europe

Biologia ◽

10.2478/s11756-011-0116-0 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 66 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Dana Ukropcova ◽

Ernest Sturdik

Keyword(s):

Technology Transfer ◽

Central Europe ◽

Business Models ◽

Professional Services ◽

The Other ◽

Present Level ◽

Other Hand ◽

Oriented Research

AbstractA research commercialisation programme mapped the Slovak self-governing region of Bratislava for existing and potential spin-off companies. Identification and evaluation analyses of the technology transfer in biotechnology-oriented research were executed. Results of the study confirmed the quality of present level of science but a lack of commercialisation of professional services on the other hand. Financial plans for suggested spin-off business models were predicted by licensed BioBiz™ software programme.

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Slovene Nationalism in Trieste, 1848–1982

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905998308407963 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 152-161

Author(s):

Jože Pirjevec

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

The Other ◽

Northern Coast ◽

European Continent ◽

Other Hand ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Town

Trieste is located at the extreme end of the northern coast of the Adriatic, where the arm of the sea reaches most deeply into the European continent. By its position Trieste is thus a part of Central Europe no less than of the Mediterranean area — if we take into account the fact that the distance between Vienna and Trieste is less than that between Trieste and Rome. On the other hand, Trieste is in an area where the Apennine peninsula meets the Balkan, where for millenia two cultural spheres have been juxtaposed: the Eastern — Greek, Byzantine and Slavic — and the Western — Latin, Romance and German. The complexity of the geographical and cultural circumstances is further increased by the national heterogeneousness of the inhabitants, Italians and Slovenes. Italians predominate in the town, Slovenes in the countryside.

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Μεταξύ Αττίλα και Βαϊανού. Το Βυζάντιο και οι νομαδικοί λαοί από το 453 έως το 558

BYZANTINA SYMMEIKTA ◽

10.12681/byzsym.1139 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Γεώργιος ΚΑΡΔΑΡΑΣ

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Geographical Area ◽

Cultural Influence ◽

The Other ◽

Font Size ◽

Other Hand ◽

Before And After ◽

Decorative Motifs

Between Attila and Bajan. Byzantium and the nomads from 453 to 558  The paper highlights the relations of Byzantium with the nomads in the period between the collapse of the Hunnic hegemony in Central Europe and the coming of the Avars to the northern frontiers of the Empire. Taking into account the written testimonies, as well as the archaeological finds, the geographical area of the nomadic settlements, the conflicts and treaties with Byzantium, the role of the nomads in the Byzantine-Persian relations, the nomad mercenaries in the Byzantine army and certain Byzantine finds, as jewellery, swords, pendant capsule or other decorative motifs are considered. These relations are distinguished in two periods, before and after 491. During the first one, the Empire was able to control the activity of the nomads offering them settlement permit on Byzantine soil, while for the second is noted, beside the strong conflicts, the cultural influence of Byzantium through Christianity and, on the other hand, the nomadic influences on the Byzantine army.

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Limitations and Challenges of Building Democracy in the Conditions of Multiethnic Society in Zambia

Ethnologia Actualis ◽

10.1515/eas-2015-0002 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 26-42

Author(s):

Jozef Lenč ◽

Tatiana Hrivíková

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Current Model ◽

The Other ◽

African Continent ◽

Other Hand ◽

Democratic Tradition ◽

Democratic System ◽

Liberal Concept

ABSTRACT Some politicians in Europe ever more frequently claim that multiculturalism has failed. Others assert that it is primarily the current model of democracy which is in crisis. On the other hand Africa is generally perceived as a continent without experience with either democratic tradition or even liberal concept of multiculturalism. But is that really the case? What do we know about the diversity of the African continent in Central Europe? A potential positive example of successful democratisation and multiculturalism forming processes in Africa could be presented by Zambia. Where are then the limitations and challenges in the process of building a democratic system within the framework of African multiculturalism?

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A Traditional Industry Switches Gears, ca. 1850–1914

Becoming the World's Biggest Brewer ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198829089.003.0002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 6-49

Author(s):

Kenneth Bertrams ◽

Julien Del Marmol ◽

Sander Geerts ◽

Eline Poelmans

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Central Europe ◽

Glass Production ◽

The Other ◽

Full Transformation ◽

Other Hand ◽

Brewing Process ◽

Traditional Industry

Several inventions completely transformed and revolutionized the ancient craft of brewing in the nineteenth century. Among the most important ones: the introduction of steam in the brewing process, a better understanding of yeast and its working, the invention of artificial refrigeration, the breakthrough of glass production, and the scientification and academization of brewing. Lager, a beer style hitherto confined to central Europe, started to spread and supersede traditional ales, creating opportunities which were grasped by several companies, old and new. One was the Artois brewery from Leuven, an already well-established brewery, with a brewing lineage going back to the 1700s. The Piedboeuf brewery from Jupille, on the other hand, was a newcomer in a brewing business in full transformation. This chapter discusses the roots of the two families and their companies that would come to dominate the Belgian and global beer market.

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The Cave of Parpalló and the Upper Palaeolithic Age in southeast Spain

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00018251 ◽

1944 ◽

Vol 18 (69) ◽

pp. 29-35

Author(s):

V. Gordon Childe

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

The Other ◽

Stone Age ◽

Upper Palaeolithic ◽

Other Hand ◽

Coastal Belt ◽

Group Ii ◽

Southeast Spain ◽

Cave Art ◽

Rock Shelters

The Spanish slopes of the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian chains are rich in classic caves and galleries of art of the Upper Palaeolithic Age. In the southeast Spanish coastal belt, on the other hand, while many shallow rock-shelters are adorned with lively painted scenes, classed by Burkitt as Group II of the Cave Art, no complete or stratified record of the activity of old stone age hunters had been published till Prof. L. Pericot Garcia explored scientifically the cave of Parpalló in the Province of Valencia in 1929–31. The sumptuous publication of his results, delayed of course by the civil war, is of exceptional importance as a contribution to fill in this painful hiatus in our knowledge but also for the very surprising results it records.

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Approach to the blade technology analysis of the Upper Palaeolithic site of “Tajos de Marchales” (Granada, Spain)

Journal of Lithic Studies ◽

10.2218/jls.v3i2.1883 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

M. Alejandro García-Franco ◽

Antonio Morgado

Keyword(s):

Main Idea ◽

The Other ◽

Mountainous Area ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Upper Palaeolithic ◽

Chaîne Opératoire ◽

Chaine Operatoire ◽

Lithic Assemblages ◽

Other Hand

The study of the Upper Palaeolithic in the South of the Iberian Peninsula is usually addressed from a few stratigraphic sequences recognized in the region. We can say that the upper Palaeolithic in Andalusia is one of the worse known stages of regional prehistory. On the other hand, its development has just surpassed the description of the typological formal characterization. In some cases, recent contributions in the central region of the Baetic Mountain range, confined to the province of Granada, appeared during the last century.In this sense, the present study has two objectives. On one hand, to present the site of the rockshelter 3 of the “tajos de Marchales” (Colomera, Granada, Spain), as a new Magdalenian site in the mountainous area of Sub-Baetic Andalusia.On the other hand, through the application of diacritic analysis on cores, unretouched material and tools recognisable, we present the technological characterization of different chaîne opératoire from the production supported by the main idea of different typological objectives (domain of burins, scrapers and to a lesser extent with backed edge blades). We distinguish the different operational sequences aimed at the generation of the artefactual set. All of this will allow us to obtain a global comprehension of the lithic assemblages from the site, and to define the beginning of its chaîne opératoire. The work presents and discusses the distinctive traits of the different technical elements, focused on laminar production (blades and bladelets) and knapping methods.

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Dogs in the Wroclaw Stronghold, 2nd Half of the 10th–1st Half of the 13th Century (Lower Silesia, Poland)—An Zooarchaeological Overview

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani11020543 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 543

Author(s):

Aleksandra Pankiewicz ◽

Krzysztof Jaworski ◽

Aleksander Chrószcz ◽

Dominik Poradowski

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Central Europe ◽

The Other ◽

13Th Century ◽

Early Medieval ◽

Functional Types ◽

Other Hand ◽

The One ◽

Lower Silesia

This article pertains to the issue of early medieval dogs (10th–mid-13th century) from the territory of Poland and Central Europe. The study is based on dog remains from the Wroclaw Cathedral Island (Ostrów Tumski), one of the most important administrative centres of early medieval Poland, the capital of a secular principality and the seat of diocese authorities. The main morphological and functional types of dogs living in Wroclaw and other parts of Poland were characterized on that basis. It has been concluded that the roles and perceptions of dogs were very ambiguous. On the one hand, they were hunting companionship for the elite and were considered a symbol of devotion and loyalty. On the other hand, dogs symbolised disgrace. In everyday life, these animals were sometimes abused, their skin was sometimes tanned and their bones modified into tools, and in exceptional cases, dogs were even eaten.

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