Ak ste uz niekedy
Bojnice navstivili, mohli ste si
vsimnut, ze historicka cast mesta lezi na kopci. Ten je
zaujimavy tym, ze ho tvori makky travertin, ktory casto
vytvara jaskyne a pri svojom "raste" dobre konzervuje vsetko,
co na nom zostane dostatocne dlho lezat. V oblasti Bojnic
navyse vytvoril kaskady so skalnymi prevismi, cim ponukol
ubytovanie nasim prapredkom.
Vyznam
jaskynky (11m dlhej, uzkej a nizkej diery) v travertinovej kope bol
dlho neobjaveny, sluzila len ako ukryt pre strazcov bojnickej
pevnosti, vojakov a pastierov, neskor ako kompostova jama v
prepostskej zahrade. Az v roku 1926, bojnicky prepost a archeolog -
amater Karol Anton Medvecky dal
odstranit rokmi nanosene smetie a zacal kopat. Nalezy posudili
Lubor Niederle a Karel Absolon, ktori zhodne
konstatovali, ze bolo objavene sidlisko z cias mladeho paleolitu. A
jaskynu zacali casom oznacovat za prakolisku obyvatelov
Slovenska.
Ci uz tou
prakoliskou je, alebo nie je, rozhodne patri medzi najbohatsie
jaskynne sidliska na Slovensku. Priamo v nej a v jej okoli bolo
najdenych viac ako tritisic artefaktov. Velke kosti mamutov,
zubrov, nosorozcov, ci jaskynnych medvedov naznacuju, ze tunajsi
obyvatelia tvorili dobre organizovanu lovecku spolocnost, tvoriacu
pravdepodobne hned niekolko rodov.
Nuz, aj
Vam teda prajem uspesny lov!
If you have already visited Bojnice, you
probably seen, that historical part of town is lying on the hill.
This hill was created by fluffy travertine, rock, that use to be penetrated
by various holes, cornices and caves. The 11m long, tight and low
hole in Bojnice travertine used to be just a shelter for guards and
shelpherds for ages.
Just in
1926, Karol Anton Medvecky, priest and archaelogist - amateur,
decided to cleanup the cave from garbage and started to dig. He
discovered important habitation from early paleolit, as confirmed
by Lubor Niederle and Karel Absolon. More than 3000 artefacts were
found directly in cave or nearby, including big bones of mammoths,
bisons, rhinoceros and bears. It means, that cave was probably
inhabited by well-organized group of sapient hunters.
So, let
me wish you good luck and successful hunting!
Odkazy /
Links: Na stope dobe kamennej: Prepostska
jaskyna, www.obnova.sk
