Abstract Compared to the unparalleled cultural achievements and population boom of the Gravettian hunter-gatherers in Eastern Central Europe, the succeeding Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) occupation is signified by extremely low populations densities, which is reflected in the scant archaeological record. This chrono-cultural contrast can be generally attributed to the severe climatic downturn of the LGM. An attempt to find common cultural patterns that could link individual LGM populations has been only partially successful. An evaluation of the environmental factors using GIS and multivariate spatial analysis has tested twelve geomorphological characteristics and has found a strong pattern where sites were chosen for their seclusion in small valleys and natural amphitheatres probably because they offered partial protection from the elements. The overall difficulty in finding common patterns between the scattered LGM populations is partly due to our gaps in knowledge of the cultural lifeways of this period, but it is also due to a likely greater cultural heterogeneity of the scattered, small and highly mobile LGM populations living in the cold, arid environment of Eastern Central Europe at the time.

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最后一次冰川冰盖最大范围内东中欧的定居策略

摘要 与中欧东部 Gravettian 狩猎采集者无与伦比的文化成就和人口繁荣相比，随后的末次盛冰期 (LGM) 占领标志着极低的人口密度，这体现在考古记录的匮乏上。这种时间文化对比通常可以归因于 LGM 的严重气候衰退。试图找到可以将个体 LGM 群体联系起来的共同文化模式的尝试只取得了部分成功。使用 GIS 和多变量空间分析对环境因素进行的评估测试了 12 种地貌特征，并发现了一种强烈的模式，其中选择的地点隐蔽在小山谷和天然圆形剧场中，可能是因为它们提供了部分元素保护。