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During the Pavlovian, settlements larger than in the previous periods concentrate along the main Moravian rivers, in the direction of the SW-NE oriented communication axis through Moravia. Excavations of these sites evoke questions about stability of the settlement, contemporaneity of the various settlement units, and relationship to the mammoth-bone deposits. The settlement agglomeration at the western slope of site Dolni VEstonice II, excavated in 1987, is divided into three settlement units. All of them provide central hearths, system of shallow holes and depressions, and concentrations of lithic industries ; one of them included a male burial (DV XVI). These settlement units are analysed, dated by C 14 and compared. Specialised reports on paleopedology, palynology, malacozoology and use wear analysis complete the volume.