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mammoth, Equus hemionus, and northern deer. Together with flint 

 tools were found some sculptures, including the figure of a woman 

 carved from mammoth ivory. This site was excavated by Okladnikov 

 during 1936- 1937. The character of finds confirms that the site 

 belongs to the group of more ancient Upper Paleolithic sites of the 

 Angara, i.e., the Malta type. 



259. Verkholenskaia Gora. — On this mountain near the Angara 

 River and 3 kilometers from Irkutsk were found four Paleolithic 

 stations : Zharnikova Pad, Goriunova Pad, Ubiennykh Pad, and Ush- 

 kanka Pad. The first, known under the name of Verkholenskaia Gora, 

 is situated on the southwestern slope of the elevation between the 

 Zharnikova and the Ubiennykh Pad. The cultural stratum was found 

 by M, P. Ovchinnikov as early as 1897. The stone and bone tools and 

 other remains of habitation lay at a depth of 1.5 m. in the loesslike 

 loam. The fauna consisted of northern and noble deer, elk, Equus 

 hemionus, Bos, dog, and wolf. The large-horned deer, rhinoceros, 

 and mammoth, found by Ovchinnikov, originated apparently in the 

 lower horizon. This site was investigated at different times from 

 1919-1928. 



260. Glaskovo. — In 1897 M. P. Ovchinnikov found stone (flinty 

 schist) tools similar to those from Verkholenskaia Gora, and Quater- 

 nary animal bones with traces of human workmanship in the loess on 

 the left bank of the Angara in the suburb of Glazkovo opposite 

 Irkutsk. 



261. Zaitsevo (Kosoi Vzvoz). — This Upper Paleolithic site, which 

 stands on the left bank of the Angara near Usole at the mouth of the 

 Belaia River, was discovered by A. P. Okladnikov in 1934. The in- 

 ventory consisted of large scraperlike tools of the same type as those 

 found on Verkholenskaia Gora. 



262. Zvesdochka. — According to A. P. Okladnikov, remains appar- 

 ently belonging to the Paleolithic period were discovered on the left 

 bank of the Angara, opposite Irkutsk, on the piece of land called 

 "Zvezdochka" near the ferry. 



263. Irkutsk}^ — Paleolithic remains are known from three sites 

 within the city. The first is located on one of the hills along the 

 Ushakovka River. Here in 1871, during construction of the Military 

 Hospital, were found implements made from the tusk of a mammoth 

 (including one with ornamentation), a perforated deer incisor, frag- 

 ments and points of spherosiderite, and bones of mammoth, rhinoceros, 

 northern deer, horse. Bos, and other animals. The second site, located 



26 In this area the work of the late B. E. Petri is conspicuously absent. (H. F.) 



