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by M. P. Ovchinnikov, lay iiol far distant on the bank of the 

 Ushakovka River in the suburl) Rahochaia Sloboda. The third, ac- 

 cording to A. P. Okladnikov, is in Pshenichnaia ravine. 



264. Kaiskaia Gora. — M. M. Gerasimov discovered during 1924- 

 1925 Paleolithic traces in the lower part of the locsslikc sandy loam 

 on the side of Kaiskaia Mountain at the juncture of the Irkut and 

 Angara Rivers. The finds consisted of roughly fashioned stone tools 

 and flakes, traces of charcoal, and crushed bones of animals, including 

 horse, mammoth, Bos, northern deer, elk, rhinoceros, and birds, espe- 

 cially small birds of prey, 



265. Kamcnolotmya. — Here were found traces of an Upper Paleo- 

 lithic workshop near the old quarry on the right bank of the Bclaia 

 opposite Malta. 



266. Kauicn. — Traces of a large Upper Paleolithic site (Badai 

 type) were found on the plowed ground at the edge of the 40-m. 

 terrace on the left bank of the Belaia near Malta. M. M. Gerasimov 

 collected crude nuclei, laminae, and a large quantity of tools, mainly 

 scrapers. 



267. Kova. — Traces of this Paleolithic station were discovered on 

 the Kova River, a left tributary of the Angara, by this village. The 

 investigation conducted by A. P. Okladnikov in 1937 discovered at 

 a depth of 0.6 m. the remains of campfires and mammoth bones in 

 the loesslike loam. 



268. Malta (Lower Horizon). — This Paleolithic site stands on 

 the left bank of the Belaia, a left tributary of the Angara, 85 kilo- 

 meters west of Irkutsk. Led there by local inhabitants, M. M. 

 Gerasimov investigated Malta in 1928 and 1930, 1932, 1934, and 1937. 

 In 1932 S. N. Zamiatnin also worked there, and G. P. Sosnovskii in 

 1934. The lower horizon, 35.0-75.0 cm. thick, lay in the loesslike 

 sandy loam on the i8-m. terrace. Here were found traces of the sur- 

 face dwellings and hearths of stone plates. Below the cultural stratum 

 a child's burial was found. Together with numerous stone tools were 

 about 600 bone implements, one-quarter of them ornamented. There 

 were also 20 female figurines made from mammoth tusks, sculptures 

 of birds, etc. The fauna were mainly northern deer; less frequently 

 Arctic fox, rhinoceros, and mammoth ; and accidental remains of 

 horse, bison, birds of prey, and other forms. This site belongs to the 

 most ancient monuments of the Upper Paleolithic in eastern Siberia. 



269. Malta (Upper Horizon). — ^L AL Gerasimov discovered this 

 stratum during his excavations in 1932 in the upper part of the loess- 

 like sandy loam 9.45 m. beneath the surface and 0.5 m. al>ove the 

 first cultural horizon (No. 268). Here were found limestone laminae, 



