page_title: Kizil-Koba culture
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kizil-Koba culture / Kizil-Koba Cave / History
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Пещера This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Ukraine, id: 01-247-5003
context_page_description: Kizil-Koba is a Middle Paleolithic culture belonging to local Tauri tribes who lived in the 9th–8th centuries BC in the Eastern Crimean territory. It is known as the first Eastern European settlement, where Neanderthal remains were found. The Kizil-Koba culture is represented by the materials from two caves: the Kizil-Koba cave and Prolom I. Both settlements are located in the foothills of the Crimean Mountains in the East Crimea.
  The similarity between the Kizil-Koba culture and the Koban culture created by the Cimmerian tribes in the Caucasus leads to suppose that the Kizil-Koba culture emerged in the Caucasus.
context_section_description: Kizil Koba cave was discovered by G. A. Bonch-Osmolovsky in 1924 and investigated over 2 years by him along with N. L. Ernst, S.A. Trusova, E.V.Zhirov and others. G. A. Bonch-Osmolovsky published monographs and articles about the results of cave materials and excavations in 1934, 1940, 1941, 1954.
  Finding the Kizil-Koba created the conditions for the discovery of the new Paleolithic settlements in Crimea and extensive study of the Quaternary period.
caption: Wall of the Kiik-Koba cave
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