TY  - JOUR
TI  - Gyöngyöspata-Felső-Eresztvény, a Middle Palaeolithic open-air site complex (western Mátra Mountains, Northern Hungary) – preliminary results
AU  - Péntek, Attila
T2  - Litikum - Journal of the Lithic Research Roundtable
AB  - The Felső-Eresztvény site complex was identified in January 2025 on a ridge north of Gyöngyöspata in the Western Mátra Mountains. Systematic field surveys documented a 13.9-hectare open-air Middle Palaeolithic locality with a predominantly limnosilicite assemblage. The lithics are technologically homogeneous and characterised mainly by Mousterian notched tools and side-scraper types with a non-significant sub-laminar component. Elements of the Upper Palaeolithic and Later Prehistoric periods are very scarce or absent. An exhausted recurrent centripetal core indicates the limited presence of the Levallois concept within a flake-based Mousterian industry. Variation in patination and rolling suggests multiple occupation episodes. These results position Felső-Eresztvény as one of the most extensive and informative Middle Palaeolithic surface assemblages in the Gyöngyöspata Basin.
DA  - 2025///
PY  - 2025
DO  - https://doi.org/10.23898/litikuma0045
VL  - 13
SP  - 19
EP  - 42
SN  - 2064-3640
UR  - https://www.litikum.hu/project/a0045/
KW  - Gyöngyöspata Basin
KW  - Levallois concept
KW  - limnosilicite
KW  - Middle Palaeolithic
KW  - Mousterian industry
KW  - western Mátra Mountains
ER  -