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Excavation

  • Cave of Blazi
  • Qender-Perlat
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  • Albania
  • Dibër County
  • Bashkia Mat
  • Komuna e Rukajt

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Credits

  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • Between the test pits out inside Blazi cave in 2012 and 2014, a new excavation square was opened in 2015. The square was excavated between two dry walls at the entrance of the cave. The test pit in this area aimed to reach the Epigravetian and early Upper Paleolithic layers. The open square measured 2.8 × 1.5 m. The upper part of the excavation presents several sequences, with hearths from the Neolithic and Bronze periods. A large density of Epigravetian tools appeared immediately on top of the Pleistocene deposits. Layer 2 presented sediments of a typical cold phase, with a high density of limestone remains. 24,958 objects were collected, most of which are lithic objects and bones from the Epigravetian layer. Few lithic objects were found in layer 4, while layer 5, which was the last layer, was sterile.

  • Ulsi Tota - Institute of Archaeology 
  • Kriledjan Ҫipa - Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage-Vlora 

Director

  • Ilir Gjipali - Instituti i Arkeologjisë Tiranë, Departamenti i Prehistorisë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology, Department of Prehistory)
  • Thomas Hauck - University of Koln

Team

Research Body

  • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)
  • Universität zu Köln

Funding Body

  • Instituti Arkeologjik Tiranë (Albanian Institute of Archaeology)
  • Universität zu Köln

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