МНОГОСЛОЙНЫЕ ПЕЩЕРНЫЕ СТОЯНКИ В БАЛКАХ ЧЕРКЕЗ-КЕРМЕН И ЗАМИЛЬ В КРЫМУ

Abstract

The article sums up available data about excavations of multilayer cave sites in ravines Zamil and The sites Zamil-Koba 1and 2 were discovered and excavated by D. A. Krainov in 1935–1937. The former yielded two cultural layers dated to the Early and Late Mesolithic, and the latter yielded besides these two also layers dated to the Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Early Iron Age and Middle Ages. Excavations of ZamilKoba 3 site carried out in 2020 yielded two cultural layers dated to the Late Mesolithic and Middle Ages. Directions of future multidisciplinary research of multilayer cave sites in the Zamil ravine are outlined.Cherkez-Kermen in the South-Western Crimea. The latter were excavated in the late 19th century.