PALEOLITHIC SITE SUKHAYA MECHETKA (VOLGOGRAD) IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LOWER VOLGA RIVER AREA
Journal: Lomonosov Geography Journal
Year: 2023

The Sukhaya Mechetka is the most important Middle Paleolithic site in the Eastern Europe. The paper presents the analysis of the section, including its cultural layer, in the context of stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Lower Volga River region. The structure of the section represents 11 main stages of sedimentation and paleogeographic evolution of the site territory, which are closely related to global and regional changes in the climate and the level of the Caspian Sea. The base of the se