Composition of a floor from an Upper Paleolithic skeletal grave : a case from Dolni Vestonice (Moravia, Czechia, Central Europe)

Dolní V ̆ estonice is a complex of sites, with a broad range of information about Early Modern Humans and the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian), with regard to technology, art, faunal, site and human remains. Dolní V ̆ estonice is located near the town of Brno in the region of Moravia, Czech Republic. The subject of our interest covers a floor of a grave niche, from the site Dolní V ̆ estonice I. Raman micro-spectroscopic research pointed at presence of hematite in the several selected randomly from the burial bed samples. Raman spectroscopy seems to be a useful tool for processing analyses of microdimensional archeological objects.