Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk)
Strašna Upper
Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP)·Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic·🇭🇷 Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Krk Island, Croatia
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About Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk)
Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Krk Island, Croatia is a Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic. Systematic survey and photogrammetry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure and domestic quarter. Dimensions shelter mouth 28 m wide × 12 m deep × 8 m high; area 4.9 ha. Excavation excavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic cave with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 150 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Relation to regional network
- 02Function and labor organization
Theories
- 01Elite residence hypothesis
- 02Ritual landscape model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 50000–30000 BP
- Period
- Middle to Upper Palaeolithic (100000–12000 BP)
- Culture
- Mousterian / Upper Palaeolithic
- Builders
- Mousterian
- Purpose
- Seasonal habitation and ritual cave
- Rediscovered
- 1920
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 50000–30000 BP
Initial construction / foundation
c. 739 CE
Major refurbishment
1969
Modern excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
45.0300° N · 14.5700° E · 150 m · 4 mapped features
- Main Occupation Layeroccupation layerMain Occupation Layer at Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) — occupation layer with stratified deposits45.0293° N · 14.5684° E
- Hearth ComplexhearthHearth Complex at Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) — hearth with stratified deposits45.0282° N · 14.5708° E
- Rock Fall BoulderboulderRock Fall Boulder at Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) — boulder with stratified deposits45.0279° N · 14.5712° E
- Paralia NichenicheParalia Niche at Strašna Pećina — Upper Gallery (Krk) — niche with stratified deposits45.0324° N · 14.5680° E