Potok Cave

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Potok CaveSnodgrass, Mary Ellen. 2014. World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence. New York: Routledge, p. 207.Dowson, Thomas. 2013. "Views from Ancient Doorways," Archaeology Travel. ( or Potočka zijavkaBezlaj, France. 1961. Slovenska vodna imena, vol. 2. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 337.) is a cave in northern Slovenia, declared a high-elevation archaeological and paleontological site, occupied approximately 35,000 years BP (before present) by anatomically modern humans of the Aurignacian culture during the Upper Paleolithic. The cave is named after the Potok Farm in Podolševa.Mišič, Franc. 1938. "O ledinskih in hišnih imenih okoli Solčave." Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje 33(3/4): 191–201, p. 195.SlovLit: Potočka zijalka The Slovene term zijalka or zijavka refers to a flat-bottomed cave with a gaping mouth on a cliff face.Bezlaj, France et al. 2005. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika vol. 4. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 411. Systematic excavations were carried out from 1928 through 1935 by Slovenian archaeologist Srečko Brodar. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: Upper Paleolithic

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