Vol. 2023 (2023): Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae
Studies

The ‘Epipalaeolithic’ site Hont–Templomdomb of Northern Hungary revisited

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  • Kristóf István Szegedi,
  • György Lengyel,
  • Tibor Marton
Kristóf István Szegedi
National Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering, University of Miskolc
György Lengyel
National Institute of Archaeology, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Tibor Marton
Institute of Archaeology, Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2023.9

Published 2023-12-16

Keywords

  • Late Gravettian, Epipalaeolithic, lithic tool typology, Carpathian Basin

How to Cite

Szegedi, K. I., Lengyel, G., & Marton, T. (2023). The ‘Epipalaeolithic’ site Hont–Templomdomb of Northern Hungary revisited. Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae, 2023, 9–22. https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2023.9

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the typological revision of Hont-Templomdomb site originally published in 1956 as Epipalaeolithic. Our observations contradict the Epipalaeolithic cultural and chronological position of the lithic material, which rather can be affiliated with the Late Gravettian of Eastern Central Europe. Current archaeological data allowed us to conclude that the term ‘Epipalaeolithic’ currently is inappropriate in the Palaeolithic chronological sequence of the Carpathian Basin. This led to considering the possibility of a human population hiatus during GI-1 interstadial and GS-1 stadial phases.

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