Our paper on our fieldwork in 2021 has just been published open-access in the journal Archaeologica Austriaca. You can download it for free here.
In 2021 we conducted fieldwork consisting of survey and excavation. In this paper we we summarize the findings of our fieldwalking survey conducted around the well-known Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) open-air site Grub-Kranawetberg I in Austria. The site is located about 40 kilometres northeast of Vienna. In September 2021, we surveyed around 126,000 square metres using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) to piece-plot each find. In total, we recovered 359 finds comprising lithic artefacts and faunal remains. In our analysis we show that the state of the fields did not drive how many finds per cadastral parcel were recovered during our survey and did not bias the find density per cadastral parcel. The majority of finds hint at a Gravettian dating and occur in two concentrations on top of the hill west of the known site Grub-Kranawetberg I.
The research was co-funded by the University of Vienna and the Land Niederösterreich, Abteilung Wissenschaft und Forschung (project K3-F-530/005-2021).
Nigst, P. R., Antl-Weiser, W., & Bosch, M. D. (2024). Exploring the Surrounding of a Gravettian Site. The Case Study Grub-Kranawetberg, Austria. Archaeologia Austriaca. 10.1553/archaeologia108
