Institute of Archaeology RAS, 19, Dm. Ulyanov st., Moscow, 117292, Russia [sergin81@bk.ru]

Abstract. Kirillovskoe settlement was investigated by V. V. Khvoiko through excavations in 1893–1897 and through observations during industrial quarrying in 1899–1902. After V. V. Khvoiko, a great attention to the study of the site was paid by P. I. Boriskovsky, V. I. Gromov and I. G. Pidoplichko. A revision of the available materials suggests that the site was a single settlement. It appears to have consisted of several dwellings or dwelling complexes, a zone of economic activity adjacent to them, and so called «nests», i. e. places where stone-working took place. Many cultural remains, including a famous mammoth tusk with an engraved pattern, were found outside the settlement. The settlement seems to possess all the main features characteristic of the sites that were left behind by mammoths hunters in the Dnieper region.

Keywords: Upper Paleolithic, Middle Dnieper, stratigraphy, features, mammoth bones.

Received 24.09.2020, revised 16.10.2020, accepted 26.10.2020.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-2-38-61

For citation: Sergin V. Ya. Kirillovskoe settlement: history of research and problems of the structure. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2020 (2), 38-61 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-2-38-61

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