THE STONE AGE SITE AND PALEONTOLOGICAL LOCATION NEAR THE VILLAGE OF COMINTERN (AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE KAMA AND VOLGA): RESEARCH RESULTS 2020

The paper features the results of archaeological and paleontological research in the left bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir, at the mouth of the Aktai River (Republic of Tatarstan). Bones and teeth of fossil mammals (223 fi nds) were collected under the cliff of the reservoir for 300 m. The following...

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Published in:Археология Евразийских степей
Main Authors: Галимова, Мадина Шакировна, Березин, Александр Юрьевич, Березина, Наталия Степановна, Михайлов, Евгений Петрович
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Академия Наук Республики Татарстан 2021
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Online Access:https://www.evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/66
https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2021.1.262.279
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Summary:The paper features the results of archaeological and paleontological research in the left bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir, at the mouth of the Aktai River (Republic of Tatarstan). Bones and teeth of fossil mammals (223 fi nds) were collected under the cliff of the reservoir for 300 m. The following species were identifi ed: mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, bison, tur, horse, reindeer, elk, fox, marmot etc., which may belong to the Upper Pleistocene or Khazar faunal complexes. Also the bones of the limb of a large horse were collected, which were identifi ed as a horse of Mosbach of the middle Neo-Pleistocene Singil’ faunal complex existed in the Volga region about 400 thousand years ago. Upper incisor of a giant beaver and the large jaws of a Pleistocene wild boar were also found at the Comintern site and were probably attribute to Singil’ fauna. At the same time, the authors collected 39 artifacts from fl int and one from quartzite, belonging to the Ust’-Kamaskaya culture of the terminal Paleolithic. Of particular importance were two localities fi xed by the authors in stratifi ed sections – fl int fl ake and rhinoceros limb bone, which lay within the buried soil formed during the warming period of the Middle Valdai (MIS-3). В статье представлены результаты археологических и палеонтологических исследований в левобережье Куйбышевского водохранилища в устье р. Актай у пос. Коминтерн (Республика Татарстан). Кости и зубы млекопитающих (223 экз.) были собраны под обрывом на протяжении 300 м. Определены следующие виды: мамонт, шерстистый носорог, бизон, тур, лошадь, северный олень, лось, лиса, сурок-байбак и др., которые относятся к верхнепалеолитическому либо хазарскому фаунистическим комплексам. Также были найдены кости конечности крупной лошади, определенной как лошадь Мосбаха сингильского фаунистического комплекса среднего неоплейстоцена, который существовал в Поволжье около 400 тыс. л.н. Также у Коминтерна были найдены верхний резец гигантского бобра и крупные челюсти плейстоценового кабана, которые, по всей ...