Excavations of the Afontova Gora V (Radishcheva) Site in Krasnoyarsk

The article reviews the results of a field study of the southern sector of the “Krasnoyarsk. Afontova Gora V” site located on a part of the Radishcheva street in the Nikolayevka microdistrict. The total area uncovered by excavations and pits is 6 336 sq. m. Cultural layer 1 was recorded in the eastern part of excavation 2 and preliminarily dated to the Pleistocene – Holocene boundary. The main cultural layer 2 marked along the gentle slope of the terrace on an area of about 500 sq. m in excavation 2. Two hearths with the concentric stone masonry and adjacent production sites have been excavated here (western and central sections). The total number of stone artifacts exceeds 12 thousand items. The collection includes cores for large blades, wedgeshaped microcores, scrapers, burins, points, and pebble tools. A fragment of cultural layer 3 was found in the southern part of the central section, which is typologically identical to the overlying cultural layer 2. Based on the stone equipment analysis and the construction of hearths, cultural layers 2 and 3 can be attributed to the Kokorevo archaeological culture. At the same time, the presence of foreign cultural impurities on the southern slope is possible, which is manifested in the typology of stone collection that is more typical of the Afontovo sites. The composition of faunal remains for cultural layers 2 and 3 is homogeneous: fragments of reindeer bones absolutely predominate. In the pits outside the excavation area, isolated finds (scraper, flakes, fragments of bison and reindeer bones) at a depth of 4.5–5.5 m (cultural layer 4), preliminarily dated to the early Sartan period, were found

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