Zamil-Koba 3 Site

The article presents the results of a complex interdisciplinary study of the Late Mesolithic cultural layer of the Zamil-Koba 3 — the only “pure” single-layer Final Mesolithic site in the Mountainous Crimea. New geomorphological, palynological, paleozoological, paleobotanical and malacological data, as well as radiocarbon dates on organic samples from hearths, were obtained as a result of the archaeological study of the site. The characteristics of the cultural layer and archaeological inventory testify that the Mesolithic layer of Zamil-Koba 3 represents the remains of a short-term hunting camp. The butchery of prey and primary processing of hides, the manufacture and repair of hunting weapons were carried out at the site, as is indicated by both the composition of the tool set and use-wear traces. A comparison of the available reliable dates from the Late Mesolithic — Early Neolithic sites of the Mountainous Crimea makes it possible to date the transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Mountainous Crimea to the beginning of the VI millennium BC. The materials of Zamil-Koba 3 shed an important light on the chronology of the earliest stages of this process

Assemblage (archaeology · Beaker · Chronology · Mesolithic · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Marine and environmental studies · Mineralogy and Gemology Studies · Soil and Environmental Studies