MLADOPALEOLITICKÉ KAMENNÉ HROTY A MIKROLITY Z POVRCHOVÝCH ZBEROV V TRENČIANSKEJ KOTLINE

Collections of the stone artifacts from Mníchova Lehota I, Trenčianske Stankovce I and V and from Trenčianska Turná V, situated in the Trenčín Basin (western Slovakia) were recently the object of several works, focusing on their general evaluation. Although the artifacts come from the surface surveys, they represent a solid basis for the technological analyses. A considerable amount of the backed artifacts, which can serve as good analogies with the industries from the other regions, was found at these sites. Elements with a double truncation of the Petřkovice type are reflected in analogies in other collections from Slovakia and Moravia, associated with the Upper Gravettian. On the other hand, the artifacts which are similar to the backed points with blunt pointing are known only from the Pavlov I site. The explanation of the methodology of the study of these tools, their description as well as translation of the proper terminology belongs to the main goals of the article. From the point of view of the methodology, the fact that highly developed western (“French“) approach is applied to Palaeolithic specific tools from Slovak sites for the first time is very important. The article is intended to be a part of a longer project of re-classification of previously known collections.