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Die räumliche Organisation der Konzentration IIa von Gönnersdorf
The Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf represents one of the rarest Late Palaeolithic settlements in Europe. Since its discovery in 1968, its exceptional preservation has enabled a steady increase in knowledge about the way of life of Ice Age hunter-gatherers. Thus, the fundamental investigation of the settlement structures in the large concentrations I, III and IV has already taken place. However, the central and at the same time richest concentration IIa has not yet been dealt with. With the present work, this gap can now be closed.
The focus of the analyses of K IIa is primarily on a reconstruction of the everyday activities of the former inhabitants. For this purpose, the spatial relationship of latent find distributions to the evident features, such as the central dwelling plan, the pits and the hearths, is discussed in detail. From this, as well as from the compositional analyses, decisive indications finally emerge that lead to the development of a completely new occupation model, not only for K IIa, but for the entire site.
