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Čertova pec

Karst cave in Nitra Region, Slovakia

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Čertova pec (English: Devil's furnace) is a small karst cave in the Považský Inovec mountains of Slovakia. It is located near Radošina, in the Nitra Region. As well as being a modern recreational site, the cave is known to have yielded material evidence of repeated human presence and habitation during the Stone Age.

Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Szeletian occupation radiocarbon date

c. 38,400 years ago

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Domestic and Habitation Structures

Caves
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Rock Shelters
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Country

Slovakia

Coordinates

48.56° N, 17.92° E