Kusača Mountain
Reconstruction of glacial-phase paleovegetation in an area of Mount Kusača (771 m, a few kilometers from Pešturina) on the north-northwest slope. With the observer facing south-southeast, we propose an image of what Mala Balanica and Velika Balanica inhabitants might have seen near the cave entrances. The presence of linden trees in the foreground indicates the unusual local abundance suggested by the pollen spectra from Peˇsturina. Although the foreground features deciduous trees, and shade-tolerant shrubs (e.g., Daphne), the abundance of conifers is evident in the distance.
Carrión JS, Amorós G, Ochando J, Magri D, Marín-Arroyo AB, Sánchez-Giner MV, Amorós A, Munuera M, Di Rita F, Michelangeli F, Roksandic M, Mihailović D. Welcome to the Forest Theatre: Unveiling a Balkan Refugium through Paleoart. Quarternary Science Reviews, Volume 338, 15 August 2024, 108829.
