WHOLE VOL. SKELETAL REALAINS OF EARLY MAN HRDLICKA 2O3 



The Krapina rock shelter is an ancient though not very deep 

 hollow, worn out in the basic sandstone by the now small stream of 

 Krapinica, and subsequently filled with water-worn stones, some 

 aluvia, and with much detritus resulting from the decomposing rock 



Fig. 19. — A schematic view, in transverse section, of the Krapina hollow. 

 (After Gorjanovic-Kramberger.) 

 M. S. = Mediterranean sandstone ; /, the lower deposits, mostly pebbles 

 (a) and alluvium (b) ; II, the upper strata, composed of disintegrated rock, 

 atid (ci — eg) cultural remains. 



of the hollow (fig. 19). Since the formation of the latter, the Krapi- 

 nica has cut its channel so that it now flows 82 feet (25 meters) below 

 its floor level. Before the shelter was filled and during the process, 

 it was utilized by early man of the region, at first but occasionally, 

 later for some time perhaps continuously, and the accumulations in 



