In Poland, loess mainly occurs in the southern part of the country, in the Polish Uplands, and on the northern foreland of the Sudetes and the Carpathians. Most of these sediments come from the time of the last glaciation–the Vistulian (Weichselian) glaciation. Thin covers of loess from the penultimate glaciation have been preserved in Upper Silesia. Only a few sites from the Middle Palaeolithic remain in the loess. In the eastern part of Poland loess creates profiles several metres high. Discoveries in this zone represent the cultural sequence from the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic. We know more traces of various cultures from the Upper Palaeolithic exist. The study attempts to synchronise profiles from selected archaeological open-air sites, outlines of the history of research on loess sites, and attempts to explain terminological and conceptual issues. The issue of loess in the cave site profiles will not be discussed in the article.

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波兰黄土旧石器时代的最新概述

在波兰，黄土主要分布在该国南部、波兰高地以及苏台德和喀尔巴阡山脉的北部前陆。这些沉积物大部分来自最后一次冰期——维斯图里亚 (Weichselian) 冰期。来自倒数第二次冰川作用的薄薄的黄土被保存在上西里西亚。只有少数旧石器时代中期遗址保留在黄土中。在波兰东部，黄土形成了几米高的剖面。该地区的发现代表了从旧石器时代中期到上期过渡的文化序列。我们知道存在更多旧石器时代晚期各种文化的痕迹。该研究试图同步选定考古露天遗址的概况、黄土遗址研究历史的概要、并试图解释术语和概念问题。洞穴遗址剖面中的黄土问题将不在本文讨论。