The Palaeolithic Research Centre (PARC) was established in the year 2010. PARC is an institution in which science and art are tightly interweaven. The common roots of this once indivisible unity extend far back into the past, when the first signs of abstract, symbolic thinking appeared in mankind. Today science and art share a common place in the concept of culture. Thus PARC is a cultural institution, which is concerned with the longest period of human history, the Old Stone Age or Palaeolithic. PARC is not limited to Slovenia, but cooperates with similar institutions all over the world. PARC organizes international expert meetings about new discoveries, ideas and theories within anthropology. Contact us on info@parc.si |
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Divje babe I Location:
Šebrelje plateau, above the Idrijca river valley Campaign / Project manager:
1979 - 1986 / Mitja Brodar
1989 - 1997 / Ivan Turk Time span:
120 000 – 40 000 BP Human species:
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Finds:
stone tools, bone points, bone flute, red pigment (ochre) Culture:
Mousterian Kept by:
Narodni muzej Slovenije / National museum of Slovenia Site interpretation:
cave bear cult, animism, totemism, sanctuary of palaeolithic hunters Photography / Illustration:
Tomaž Lauko, Ivan Turk / Marko Zorović
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References:
Turk, I. (ed.) 1997. Mousterian bone flute and other finds from Divje babe I cave site in Slovenia. Ljubljana, Založba ZRC.
Kunej, D. and Turk, I. 2000. New Perspectives on the Beginnings of Music: Archeological and Musicological Analysis of a Middle Paleolithic Bone 'Flute'. In: N. L. Wallin, B. Merker, S. Brown (eds.), The Origin of Music, 235-268. Cambridge (Massachussetts), London (England), The MIT Press.
Turk, I., Dirjec, J., Bastiani, G., Pflaum, M., Lauko, T., Cimerman, F., Kosel, F., Grum, J. and Cevc, P. 2001. New analyzes of the ''flute'' from Divje babe I (Slovenija). Arheološki vestnik 52, 25-79.
Turk, I., Bastiani, G., Blackwell, B. A. B. and Horusitzky, Z. 2003. Putative Mousterian bone flute from Divje babe I (Slovenia): pseudoartefact or true flute, or who made the holes. Arheološki vestnik 54, 67-72.
Turk, I., Pflaum, M. and Pekarovič, D. 2005. Results of computer tomography of the oldest suspected flute from Divje babe I, Slovenia: Contribution to the theory of making holes in bones. Arheološki vestnik 56, 9-36.
Turk, I. (ed.) 2007. Divje babe I. Part 1. Ljubljana, Založba ZRC.
Odar, B. 2009. Perceptions of the Landscape: The cases of Potočka zijalka and Divje babe I. In: L. Steguweit (ed.), Hugo Obermeier-Gesellschaft für Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit e.V. 51. Annual meeting in Ljubljana (14. – 18. of April, 2009), 34-35. |
Sinja Gorica Location:
river Ljubljanica near Sinja Gorica, Ljubljana marsh Campaign / Project manager:
2008 / Andrej Gaspari, Miran Erič Time span:
≥43,970 BP (Beta-252943)
38,490±330 BP (OxA-19866) Culture:
Late Mousterian Kept by:
Mestni muzej Ljubljana / Ljubljana City museum Human species:
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis Find:
wooden point - spearhead Site interpretation:
hunting base camp or butchery site Photography / Illustration:
David Badovinac, Jože Hanc / Marko Zorović
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References:
Erič M., Gaspari A. 2009. Sinja gorica - Poročilo o arheološkem podvodnem pregledu struge reke Ljubljanice na območju zavarovanja desne brežine ob sinjegoriških ribnikih. - Poročila Skupine za podvodno arheologijo 28, ZVKDS. Ljubljana.
Gaspari, A., Erič, M., Odar B. 2011. A Palaeolithic wooden point from the Ljubljanica River (Ljubljansko barje), Slovenia. In: J. Benjamin, C. Bonsall, C. Pickard, A. Fisher (eds.), Submerged Prehistory. Oxford, Oxbow Books. |
Potočka zijavka Location:
the Olševa mountain (altitude : 1630 m a.s.l.), Kamnik-Savinja Alps Campaign / Project manager:
1928 - 1935 / Srečko Brodar
1997 - 2000 / Vida Pohar, Martina Pacher, Gernot Rabeder Time span:
36 000 – 25 000 BP Culture:
Aurignacian Human species:
Homo sapiens sapiens Finds:
stone tools, bone points, bone flutes, red pigment (ochre, iron oxide), tubular bone needle for sewing Kept by:
Pokrajinski muzej Celje / Regional museum of Celje Site interpretation:
cave bear cult, animism, totemism, sanctuary of palaeolithic hunters Photography / Illustration:
David Badovinac, Luc Moreau / Marko Zorović
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References:
Brodar, S. and Brodar, M. 1983. Potočka zijalka: Visokoalpska postaja aurignacienskih lovcev. Ljubljana, SAZU.
Pacher, M., Pohar, V. and Rabeder, G. (eds.) 2004. Potočka zijalka. Paleontological and Archaeological results of the Campaigns 1997-2000. Bad Vöslau, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Odar, B. 2008. Izdelava in uporaba koščenih konic iz Potočke zijalke (Making and use of bone points from Potočka zijalka). Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Ljubljana.
Odar, B. 2008. A Dufour bladelet from Potočka zijalka. Arheološki Vestnik 59, 9-13.
Odar, B. 2009. Perceptions of the Landscape: The cases of Potočka zijalka and Divje babe I. In: L. Steguweit (ed.), Hugo Obermeier-Gesellschaft für Erforschung des Eiszeitalters und der Steinzeit e.V. 51. Annual meeting in Ljubljana (14. – 18. of April, 2009), 34-35. |
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In addition to scientific research PARC has an educational function. Its activities are directed towards cooperation with primary and secondary schools, as well as with universities all over the world. Visitors are introduced to the past of the Alpine region, which was already occupied by mankind in the Old Stone Age. PARC organizes both lectures in Solčava and elsewhere. There will be several travelling exhibitions during preparation of the permanent exhibition about Potočka zijavka in Solčava. PARC offers expert guidance about Palaeolithic (and other) sites to museums in Slovenia and abroad. |
Events Wooden point from the Ljubljana Moor
City Museum Ljubljana, exhibition
8.2. - 28.2. 2011 Sanctuaries of Paleolitic Hunters
BTC City, Emporium, exhibition
16.2. - 9.4. 2011 |
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