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Nietoperzowa

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Site type:
Cave
Lat/Long:
50.21, 19.73
Country:
Poland
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Jaskinia Nietoperzowa is a cave in the upper part of the Będkowska Valley which is part of the Olkuska Upland in the macroregion of the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland. It is located in the Dolinki Krakowskie Landscape Park. It is one of the largest caves in the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland, and its name comes from the rich fossil remains and contemporary bat species found there.

Systematic and methodical archaeological research was undertaken after World War II and carried out by Waldemar Chmielewski in the years 1956–1963. From the archaeological point of view, the Bat Cave is known primarily as an Upper Paleolithic site dating back to 38,000 years ago, which was a camp of cave bear hunters. Jerzmanowice hunters, who are already modern people, left flint caves.