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Dolní Věstonice (deserted settlement) |
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| Lat: 48 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 39 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Prehistoric site located on a swamp at the joint of two rivers near the Moravian mountains, near a village of the same name. Known for a series of Ice Age remains left by mammoth hunters, among the carved ivory and baked clay objects, including a famous so-called "Venus" figurine named for the site. Burials of three people here date to around 27,640 years ago. |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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Ice Age encampment, ca. 27,640 years ago |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Paleolithic (H) |
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| burial site (H) |
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Dolní Věstonice .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Česko, Jihomoravský Kraj) [7011448] |
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(World, Europe, Česko, Jihomoravský Kraj) [7011448] |
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