Potočka zijalka | |
.JPG) Entrance to Potok Cave | |
  location in Slovenia | |
| Location | above Solčava |
|---|---|
| Region | eastern Karawanks Slovenia |
| Coordinates | 46°26′56″N 14°40′07″E / 46.44889°N 14.66861°E |
| Type | limestone karst |
| Length | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Width | 40 m (130 ft) |
| History | |
| Material | Triassic limestone |
| Periods | Upper Paleolithic |
| Associated with | Paleo-humans |
Potok Cave[1][2] (Slovene: Potočka zijalka or Potočka zijavka[3]) is a cave in northern Slovenia, declared a high-elevation archaeological and paleontological site, occupied approximately 35,000 years[4] BP (before present) by anatomically modern humans of the Aurignacian culture during the Upper Paleolithic. The cave is named after the Potok Farm in Podolševa.[5][6] The Slovene term zijalka or zijavka refers to a flat-bottomed cave with a gaping mouth on a cliff face.[6][7] Systematic excavations were carried out from 1928 through 1935 by Slovenian archaeologist Srečko Brodar.[8]
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- ^ Bezlaj, France. 1961. Slovenska vodna imena, vol. 2. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 337.
- ^ "Potočka zijavka". Parc.si. Palaeolithic Research Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.
- ^ Mišič, Franc. 1938. "O ledinskih in hišnih imenih okoli Solčave." Časopis za zgodovino in narodopisje 33(3/4): 191–201, p. 195.
- ^ a b SlovLit: Potočka zijalka (in Slovene)
- ^ Bezlaj, France et al. 2005. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika vol. 4. Ljubljana: SAZU, p. 411.
- ^ Debeljak, Irena; Turk, Matija. "Potočka zijalka". In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Torkar, Gregor; Golež, Mateja; et al. (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.