The Flözerbändli: a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH)

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The Flözerbändli : a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH). / Leuzinger, Urs; Affolter, Jehanne; Beck, Claudia; Benguerel, Simone; Cornelissen, Marcel; Dietre, Benjamin; Gelabert, Pere; Gubler, Regula; Haas, Jean Nicolas; Hajdas, Irka; Imhof, Walter; Jagher, Reto; Jeanrichard, Roger; Jensen, Theis Z. T.; Kleyhons, Ferdinand; Kofler, Werner; Leuzinger, Caroline; Leuzinger-Piccand, Catherine; Müller, Werner; Oberhuber, Walter; Posch, Caroline; Pümpin, Christine; Schoch, Werner H.; Stadler, Sarah; Stanger, Hannah; Staub, Pascal; Taurozzi, Alberto J.; Taylor, Timothy; Wilkin, Shevan.

In: Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2022, p. 461-488.

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Leuzinger, U, Affolter, J, Beck, C, Benguerel, S, Cornelissen, M, Dietre, B, Gelabert, P, Gubler, R, Haas, JN, Hajdas, I, Imhof, W, Jagher, R, Jeanrichard, R, Jensen, TZT, Kleyhons, F, Kofler, W, Leuzinger, C, Leuzinger-Piccand, C, Müller, W, Oberhuber, W, Posch, C, Pümpin, C, Schoch, WH, Stadler, S, Stanger, H, Staub, P, Taurozzi, AJ, Taylor, T & Wilkin, S 2022, 'The Flözerbändli: a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH)', Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 461-488. https://doi.org/10.11588/ak.2022.4.96446

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Leuzinger, U., Affolter, J., Beck, C., Benguerel, S., Cornelissen, M., Dietre, B., Gelabert, P., Gubler, R., Haas, J. N., Hajdas, I., Imhof, W., Jagher, R., Jeanrichard, R., Jensen, T. Z. T., Kleyhons, F., Kofler, W., Leuzinger, C., Leuzinger-Piccand, C., Müller, W., ... Wilkin, S. (2022). The Flözerbändli: a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH). Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 52(4), 461-488. https://doi.org/10.11588/ak.2022.4.96446

Vancouver

Leuzinger U, Affolter J, Beck C, Benguerel S, Cornelissen M, Dietre B et al. The Flözerbändli: a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH). Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt. 2022;52(4):461-488. https://doi.org/10.11588/ak.2022.4.96446

Author

Leuzinger, Urs ; Affolter, Jehanne ; Beck, Claudia ; Benguerel, Simone ; Cornelissen, Marcel ; Dietre, Benjamin ; Gelabert, Pere ; Gubler, Regula ; Haas, Jean Nicolas ; Hajdas, Irka ; Imhof, Walter ; Jagher, Reto ; Jeanrichard, Roger ; Jensen, Theis Z. T. ; Kleyhons, Ferdinand ; Kofler, Werner ; Leuzinger, Caroline ; Leuzinger-Piccand, Catherine ; Müller, Werner ; Oberhuber, Walter ; Posch, Caroline ; Pümpin, Christine ; Schoch, Werner H. ; Stadler, Sarah ; Stanger, Hannah ; Staub, Pascal ; Taurozzi, Alberto J. ; Taylor, Timothy ; Wilkin, Shevan. / The Flözerbändli : a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH). In: Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt. 2022 ; Vol. 52, No. 4. pp. 461-488.

Bibtex

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title = "The Fl{\"o}zerb{\"a}ndli: a Late Palaeolithic / Early Mesolithic site in the Muota Valley (Canton Schwyz / CH)",
abstract = "In the summers of 2020 and 2021, a team of archaeologists and palaeoecologists examined the»Fl{\"o}zerb{\"a}ndli« site, a rocky overhang located directly above the right bank of the River Muota at an elevation of 740m a.s.l. The excavations unearthed Early Mesolithic layers which yielded charcoal fragments from 9746-8294 BC, stone artefacts including projectile points, as well as animal bones and palaeoethnobotanical remains. A remarkable find was a red deer antler fragment dating from 10,519-10,028 BC, which was decorated with regular rows of pit marks. Late Palaeolithic finds such as this are extremely rare. Various other Mesolithic sites have also been discovered in the municipal area of Muotathal.",
keywords = "aDNA, anthracology, Archaeological surveying in the Alps, Early Mesolithic, faunal remains, Late Palaeolithic, microliths, palaeoethnobotany, palynology, portable art, proteomic analysis, radiocarbon analysis",
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AU - Affolter, Jehanne

AU - Beck, Claudia

AU - Benguerel, Simone

AU - Cornelissen, Marcel

AU - Dietre, Benjamin

AU - Gelabert, Pere

AU - Gubler, Regula

AU - Haas, Jean Nicolas

AU - Hajdas, Irka

AU - Imhof, Walter

AU - Jagher, Reto

AU - Jeanrichard, Roger

AU - Jensen, Theis Z. T.

AU - Kleyhons, Ferdinand

AU - Kofler, Werner

AU - Leuzinger, Caroline

AU - Leuzinger-Piccand, Catherine

AU - Müller, Werner

AU - Oberhuber, Walter

AU - Posch, Caroline

AU - Pümpin, Christine

AU - Schoch, Werner H.

AU - Stadler, Sarah

AU - Stanger, Hannah

AU - Staub, Pascal

AU - Taurozzi, Alberto J.

AU - Taylor, Timothy

AU - Wilkin, Shevan

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Roemisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum. All rights reserved.

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - In the summers of 2020 and 2021, a team of archaeologists and palaeoecologists examined the»Flözerbändli« site, a rocky overhang located directly above the right bank of the River Muota at an elevation of 740m a.s.l. The excavations unearthed Early Mesolithic layers which yielded charcoal fragments from 9746-8294 BC, stone artefacts including projectile points, as well as animal bones and palaeoethnobotanical remains. A remarkable find was a red deer antler fragment dating from 10,519-10,028 BC, which was decorated with regular rows of pit marks. Late Palaeolithic finds such as this are extremely rare. Various other Mesolithic sites have also been discovered in the municipal area of Muotathal.

AB - In the summers of 2020 and 2021, a team of archaeologists and palaeoecologists examined the»Flözerbändli« site, a rocky overhang located directly above the right bank of the River Muota at an elevation of 740m a.s.l. The excavations unearthed Early Mesolithic layers which yielded charcoal fragments from 9746-8294 BC, stone artefacts including projectile points, as well as animal bones and palaeoethnobotanical remains. A remarkable find was a red deer antler fragment dating from 10,519-10,028 BC, which was decorated with regular rows of pit marks. Late Palaeolithic finds such as this are extremely rare. Various other Mesolithic sites have also been discovered in the municipal area of Muotathal.

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KW - anthracology

KW - Archaeological surveying in the Alps

KW - Early Mesolithic

KW - faunal remains

KW - Late Palaeolithic

KW - microliths

KW - palaeoethnobotany

KW - palynology

KW - portable art

KW - proteomic analysis

KW - radiocarbon analysis

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JO - Archaeologisches Korrespondenzblatt

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