Lapalių (Aukštumalos) gyvenvietės
LTUAB „Šilutės durpės“ ir Aplinkos apsaugos ministerija 2003 m. kreipėsi į KVAD dėl Lapalių (Aukštumalos) senovės gyvenvietės (Šilutės r.) vizualinės apsaugos zonos sumažinimo. Ekspertizės metu vietoje nutarta zonos sumažinimo klausimą spręsti tik atlikus gyvenvietės bei jos aplinkos žvalgomuosius archeologinius tyrimus. Vadovaujantis UAB „Šilutės durpės“ užsakymu, 2004 m. atlikti Lapalių (Aukštumalos) senovės gyvenvietės teritorijos ir jos apsauginės zonos žvalgomieji archeologiniai tyrimai [p. 11].
ENIn 2004 in the Aukštumala peat-bog (Šilutė district) the site called Pilekalvė (Castle Smithery) or Piliakalnis (Hill-fort) which was assumed to be a hill-fort was researched, and later an ancient settlement was investigated. In nine locations 70 nr were excavated in total. It was established that the assumed hill-fort was completely destroyed in 1968-1969 building a road to the peat-bog. At the foot of the former hill the Early Mesolithic settlement datable to the 7th millennium B. C. was discovered. 34 flint-stone finds of that period were collected (an awl or an arrowhead, blades, flakes or their fragments). Surveying the vicinity in adjacent sands (in four locations 32 m2 were investigated) 300 m northwards and north-eastwards from the first settlement the second ancient settlement attributable to the Late Palaeolithic was discovered. Here a burin, blades and flakes were found.
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