Archaeologists excavate traces of 10,000-year-old Mesolithic settlements

Heritage Daily ^ | September 2, 2021 | Institute of Archaeology RAS

[SunkenCiv]

Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences has excavated traces of Mesolithic settlements near the Veletma River in Russia...

Evidence of Mesolithic activity was first identified during the 1970’s and 1980’s, but this is the first time that systematic excavations has been conducted to determine the extent of archaeological remains before the construction of the M12 – Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan highway.

Near the village of Maloye Okulovo, archaeologists studied five sites: Maloye Okulovo – 10, Maloye Okulovo -11, Maloye Okulovo -19, Maloye Okulovo – 20 and Malookulovskaya – 3, covering an area of more than 10,000 square metres.

As well as Mesolithic activity, objects of later eras from the Neolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Age was revealed. The Bronze Age is represented by the short-term settlements of the ancient cattle-breeders of the Fatyanovo culture who came from the west, and the Pozdnyakovsk culture associated with the steppes of southern Russia.

Maloye Okulovo -11, Malookulovskaya-3 and Maloye Okulovo -19 were probably seasonal Mesolithic sites, where archaeologists discovered material remains that indicate hunting and fishing by the numerous accumulations of flint artefacts, and a large number of animal and fish bones. At Malookulovskaya-3, the researchers found traces of a possible dwelling where they discovered a hearth and two artificial pits.

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Image Credit : Institute of Archaeology RAS

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[BenLurkin]

Very cool!

[Track9]

This is the time of unicorns and warm beer.

[SunkenCiv]

And probably small beer, and miniature unicorns, or punicorns as they're often called, after drinking enough small beer.

[Bob Ireland]

Maloye Okulovo -11, Malookulovskaya-3 and Maloye Okulovo -19 were probably seasonal Mesolithic sites, where archaeologists discovered material remains that indicate hunting and fishing by the numerous accumulations of flint artefacts, and a large number of animal and fish bones ...no remains of electric vehicles were discovered. 🎠

[SunkenCiv]

Hunter-gatherer cultures probably used three- and four-wheel ORVs. ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

Dang, no one got it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Thetcher

[Bob Ireland]

***Hunter-gatherer cultures probably used three- and four-wheel ORVs***

😄 'Off road', of course! They didn't have jelly fish Prevagen to teach them to pave super highways!

[Red Badger]

They found Bedrock?..................

[SunkenCiv]

When they finally excavate Atlantis, they’ll find the Jetsons.

[SunkenCiv]

I used to know about that, but have forgotten for some reason.

[Red Badger]

When they finally excavate Atlantis, they’ll find Jimmy Hoffa....................