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of the lAila Plateau, beginning with Chatyr-Dagh and as far as Point 

 Liaspi. One of these sites, Kizil-Koba on the Dolgorukov lAila, was 

 discovered and investigated in 1879 ^Y K- S. Merezhkovskii. In 1913 

 N. N. Klepnin and N. I. Dubrovskii discovered on the lAila three 

 Tardenoisian sites. Later A. S. Moiseev discovered about 30 more 

 sites. The systematic investigations of the Ai-Petri lAila and Chatyr- 

 Dagh, begun in 1927, were conducted by B. S. Zhukov, O. N. Bader, 

 E. I. Visniovskaia, and others. S. I. Zabnin and Visniovskaia also 

 discovered several sites. In the Feodosia region investigations were 

 conducted by P. P. Zablotskii, N. S. Barsamov, and Bader. Also 

 examined were the sites of Kizil-Koba by Merezhkovskii, At-Bash by 

 Zhukov and Bader, Balin-Kosh by Zhukov, Bader, Gelakh, and others, 

 and the sites of the Chatyr-Dagh, Dzhelau-Bash, Uzun-Koba, 

 Kenavuz-Koba, and others by Bader. Microlithic flint implements 

 were found at all these sites, but other finds, such as a stone lamp and 

 pebbles with incisions, occurred at only a single site. 



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189. Bartashvili Peshchcra. — This Upper Paleolithic cave near 

 Kutaisi, not far from Virchow cave, was discovered and investigated 

 by the expedition led by P. P. Schmidt and L. Kozlovskii in 1914. 

 The results remain unpublished. 



190. Bnele-Klde. — This Upper Paleolithic cave on the Kvirila 

 River near Chiaturi was discovered by S. A. Krukovskii in 1918 and 

 investigated by S. N. Zamiatnin in 1934. 



191. Virchow Peshchera. — This Upper Paleolithic cave near Motsa- 

 meti close to Kutaisi was discovered and investigated by the expedition 

 led by P. P. Schmidt and L. Kozlovskii in 1914 and by G. K. Nioradze 

 in 1936. The flint inventory is characterized by the nuclei-shaped 

 tools and by the large quantity of small laminae with blunt edges, 

 resembling geometric microliths. Represented in the fauna were the 

 strongly mineralized bones of the cave bear. 



192. Gvardzhilas-Klde. — This Azilian cave, which stands on the 

 left bank of the Kvirila River near Rgani close to Chiaturi, was dis- 

 covered and investigated by S. A. Krukovskii during 1916-1917. 

 Among the many stone tools were a large quantity of geometric 

 microliths, small crudely fashioned axes, and articles made of bone 

 and horn including a harpoon of Azilian type. In the fauna were 

 Ursus arctos, Ursus spelaeus, Bison bonasus, and Bos taurus. 



193. Darkveti. — Traces of an Upper Paleolithic site were found 



23 Imeretia (Nos. 189-199), Abkhazia (No. 200), and Adier Raion (No. 201). 



