Archaeological studies in the Tuba river valley

Pritubinsk I and Shalabolino I are the archaeological sites located on the Tuba River, a right tributary of the Yenisei. The sites were studied in 2018. The Late Paleolithic site of Protubinsk I (Minusinskii Region), two culture-bearing layers containing numerous reindeer fossils and stone artifacts (a wedge-shaped micro-core, scrapper-like tools, burin flakes, spoiled blanks and micro-core fragments). Basing on the data of 2017-2018, both cultural layers are referred to the Late Paleolithic Kokorevo culture and dated to 14.5 and 11.5 thousand years ago. Test pit established at the Mesolithic site of Shalobolino I (Kuraginskii Region) yielded typical microblades, rounded end-scrappers, a knife-like and a chisel-like tools.