%0 Journal Article
%T Liptovské Matiašovce-Bochníčky site: A new Neolithic settlement in the region of Liptov (central Slovakia)
%A Soják, Marián
%A Furman, Martin
%J Acta Archaeologica Carpathica
%V 2018
%N Vol LIII
%P 57-76
%K northern Slovakia – Liptov, Middle Neolithic, Late Linear Pottery culture, Želiezovce and Bükk cultures
%@ 0001-5229
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-archaeologica-carpathica/article/liptovske-matiasovce-bochnicky-site-a-new-neolithic-settlement-in-the-region-of-liptov-central-slovakia
%X In 2017, a new neolithic site was discovered south of the village of Liptovské Matiašovce, on the elevated ridge of the Bochníčky site. Numerous finds of sherds, daub and chipped lithic industry from dominant Jurassic sub-Kraków flint were obtained by a primary survey and a succeeding small evaluation excavation in form of three trenches. Decoration of the thin-walled neolithic pottery of mostly semiglobular shapes points to presence of the younger Linear (musical note) Pottery culture, Želiezovce and rarely the Bükk culture. Unique chipped artifacts made of obsidian are also associated with the last mentioned culture. Part of the chipped lithic industry from the survey belongs to the late Paleolithic and Mesolithic. Among the previously documented rare neolithic settlements from the region of Liptov, the newly discovered site represents the richest neolithic settlement which should be complexly studied. It is being destroyed by ploughing every year.