Paleolityczna kolonizacja południowych rubieży zachodniomałopolskiej wyżyny lessowej / Palaeolithic colonization of the southern border of the Western Lesser Poland loess highlands

Abstract

This text presents the oldest traces of human settlement from the area of Igołomia and Wawrzeńczyce, Kraków district and adjacent areas. It covers a period of time from about 35,000 to 10,000 years ago, which is the end of the Last Ice Age, when areas of Europe were inhabited by hunter-gatherer groups. Unfortunately, only a very small number of finds come from Poland, and in particular from the area in question. Most often these are single discoveries of Pleistocene megafauna, mainly bones and teeth of a mammoth and a woolly rhinoceros. This study presents, among others, finds from Stręgoborzyce, remains of Pleistocene fauna from Wawrzeńczyce, and a cluster of flint products from Glew discovered on the surface of a field. In addition, the text contains information on sites from the areas of Kraków-Nowa Huta and Jaksice, which are of great importance for learning about Upper Palaeolithic settlement encompassing the microregion, whose central place is now occupied by the commune of Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce.