prvi hrvatski speleološki kongres - KARST underground protection

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Archaeology and palaeo-speleology at the cave Zala
Arheologija i paleospeleologija u spilji Zala
Giovanni Boschian 1 , Rajna Šošić 2 , Katarina Gerometta 3 , & Ivor Karavanić 4
1
Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche, Università di Pisa, 53 via S. Maria I-56100 Pisa, Italy,
boschian@arch.unipi.it
2
Odsjek za arheologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Luĉića 3 HR-10000 Zagreb, rsosic@ffzg.hr
3
Dalmatinska 26, HR-52450 Vrsar, kgerometta@mail.com
4
Odsjek za arheologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Ivana Luĉića 3 HR-10000 Zagreb, ikaravan@ffzg.hr
Key words: Zala cave, geoarchaeology, sedimentology, palaeoclimate
Ključne riječi: spilja Zala, geioarheologija, sedimentologija, paleo klima
The cave Zala is situated North-east of Ogulin (Gorski kotar, Croatia), in a
karstic area developed on Lower Cretaceous limestones. It belongs to a complex
underground system, whose most important entrances are the Đulin ponor -
Medvedica cave system and the Gojak spring cave; at present, the cave is acting as a
secondary spring connected to the Bistrica stream, which flows few hundred metres
far from the cave. Archaeological excavations have been carried out by the
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of humanities and social Sciences, University of
Zagreb (prof. Ivor Karavanić) in the outer part of the cave, a small dry chamber
connected to the inner system by a short passage. The excavations have put into light
traces of human frequentation that span from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the
Middle Ages indicating a long and recurring -though apparently discontinuous- use of
the cave for shelter. It appears that archaeological data and composition and quantity
of finds indicate many short-term occupation episodes during various archaeological
periods. Beside abovementioned periods, traces of human activity from periods of late
Antiquity, late Bronze Age and Mesolithic were also documented. In Bronze age and
Mesolithic layer traces of several hearths were found. Other levels contained only
finds of fragmented pottery or lithics and animal bones.
The geoarchaeological aspects of the clastic infilling of the cave are at present
under examination, mostly through sedimentological and soil micromorphological
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