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the i8o-m. terrace at this village near Novye Gagry. These surface 

 flints originated in a lower horizon associated with iron manganese 

 concretions. While the material assembled by the lAE expedition 

 during 1935 is not large, its value lies in the uniformity of the series. 

 Some of the fiints bear traces of utilization. 



8. Kiurdere. — On the surface of an ancient terrace flints of 

 Primitive Mousterian (Acheulian) type were found by S. N. Zamiat- 

 nin during 1934 at Kiurdere near Psyrtskhi on the left bank of the 

 Shitskhuara River, near its exit from the gorge. A hand ax and tools 

 made from crude flakes were found not only on the surface of this 

 terrace, but also in the ancient alluvium along the slope of the neigh- 

 boring limestone ridge. 



9. Okmn. — See No. 48. 



10. Sukhumi. — Flints of lAshtukh (Primitive Mousterian or Acheu- 

 lian) type can be found within the city limits, on the banks of the 

 Sukhumka River, which cuts through the fourth terrace at lAshtukh 

 site, as well as in the nearby surrounding area on the top of Cher- 

 niavskii Mountain and in the Ostroumov gorge. These discoveries 

 were made during 1935 by an lAE expedition. 



11. Tabachnaia. — During 1936 on the surface of the 100- to iio-m. 

 terrace at the Zonal Tobacco Experimental Station near Sukhumi, 

 L. N. Solovev found flint flakes of Primitive Mousterian type and a 

 hand ax as well as some flints of Upper Paleolithic appearance. 



12. Tekh. — In the valley on the road from Tsebelda to Tekh, at 

 350-400 m. above sea level on the surface of the clayey loam, L. N. 

 Solovev found during 1936 flints of Primitive Mousterian type. Some 

 tools and laminae of Upper Paleolithic appearance were collected, 



13. Chuburiskhindshi. — A few crude flakes and implements, in- 

 cluding one hand ax, of dark pink and gray Turon flint were collected 

 on the right bank of a stream along the road 12 kilometers southeast 

 of Gali near Satandzhio Mountain. These specimens, contempo- 

 raneous with the surviving vestiges of the old fifth terrace, showed 

 signs of utilization and were deeply patined. Ridges between facets 

 were worn smooth. This site was located during 1935 by an lAE 

 expedition. 



14. lAshtukh. — Flints of Acheulian or Primitive Mousterian type 

 were found on the surface of the fourth terrace (100 m.) near Nizhnii 

 lAshtukh, 3 kilometers north of Sukhumi, in the gorge between Byrts 

 and lAshtukh Mountains. The flints, including discoidal nuclei, 

 massive flakes and implements manufactured from them, as well as 

 hand axes, lay on the large platform, often on the surface, sometimes 

 among pebbles under the diluvial clay. Typologically later flints of 



