Eastern Central Europe after the Upper Pleniglacial: Changingpoints of observation.

Industries from eastern Central Europe dated after the Last Glacial Maximum (20-15 ky BP) were hitherto presented as a “mosaic” of derived Gravettian and Aurignacian features. Actually, following a preliminary revision of the sites, the typological structure becomes more homogenous, with a dominance of short endscrapers and burins on flakes. Thus, the terms “Epigravettian” and “Epiaurignacian” appear as missleading, and we propose to substitute them by a new name, derived from a local reference site such as Grubgraben (Austria) or, rather, Kasov (Slovakia). In addition, changes in settlement strategies and resource exploitation over the landscape are recorded at the same time.