New information on the Palaeolithic and palaeontological sites in the Crni Kal and Crnotice quarries above Koper, Slovenia

The expansion of the Crni Kal and Crnotice quarries, located next to one another on Kraski rob (Karst edge) above the Bay of Koper, revealed various karstic features, such as enlarged erosive cracks, sinkholes and even caves. These are usually filled with Pleistocene deposits. During a visit to the Crni Kal quarry, a retouched stone flake was found in such a deposit. Its findspot is a known Palaeolithic and paleontological site, excavated in 1955. The article attempts to stratigraphically locate the newly found stone tool and to define it typologically. It also preliminary presents some new paleontological finds from the Crni Kal quarry and offers a more detailed look at the bone fragment with incisions from the Crnotice quarry. The latter lay in a Pleistocene deposit and probably points to a new Palaeolithic site.