摘要：Abstract
The Petény Cave located on the Hungarian Highlands
yielded one of the most well-documented vertebrate
fauna of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene in Hungary. In
addition to the vertebrate remains, considerable numbers
of mollusc shells and charcoals were retrieved from the
profile of the rock shelter. Furthermore, a pollen sequence
close to the cavewas also evaluated in order to reconstruct
the flora of the region. A new radiocarbon analysis of samples
from the Petény Cave was used to correlate data of
different methods and to correct the earlier outcomes. The
cave sequence exposes layers from 15.180 cal BP to 483 cal
BP. Nevertheless, based on our new radiocarbon data, the
sequence is incomplete and layers corresponding to the
Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are missing from the profile.
The results of our radiocarbon analysis clearly support
considerable amounts of thermo-mesophylous gastropod
species appearing as early as 15.180 cal BP. The appearance
of deciduous woodlands in the Carpathian Basin along
with the concomitant mollusc elements is much earlier
than previously assumed, supporting the presence of temperate
woodland refugia in the study area.
关键词：KeywordsRadiocarbon analysis vertebrata fauna malacology
cave NE Hungary
