An article entitled Application of Multi-Method Dating for Understanding the Gravettian North of Moravia, Central Europe has been published in Archaeometry. The paper was prepared by an international research team led by Professor Andrzej Wiśniewski of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław. Among the co-authors is also our doctoral researcher, Dominika Tokarz.

The study focuses on the chronology of the Upper Palaeolithic site of Pietraszyn 11 (south-western Poland), located near the Moravian Gate. The authors integrate several dating methods, including optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), molecular analysis of small fauna, and radiocarbon dating (AMS).

The results indicate two phases of human presence at the site, dated to approximately 31,000 and 27,000 cal BP. Radiocarbon dating proved to be the most precise method, allowing the chronological range of cultural deposits to be narrowed significantly.

These findings lead to a revision of the existing model of Late Gravettian development in areas north of the Carpathians and Sudetes, indicating that these regions were not depopulated on the eve of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), but were seasonally occupied by Gravettian hunter groups.

The publication is available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.70129