Malaya gorka II - new Mesolithic settlement of the Poludensky peat bog (Middle Trans-Urals)

A settlement Malaya Gorka II is a newly discovered Mesolithic site on the territory of the Middle Urals. It is located at the valley side of Poludenskij peat which is widely known in the archeological science of the Urals. V.A. Arefyev, a student of the author, conducted reconnaissance excavations in a settlement in 1991. As a result, a representative collection of stone products of the Mesolithic epoch was discovered. After the premature death of the V.A. Arefyev, the collection of finds remained unclaimed for a long time. This publication is intended to expand the source database for the Mesolithic of the Middle Trans-Urals and introduce new materials. The collection of findings contains all the main types of stone products: nucleuses, technical chips, plates with retouching and without it, cutters, carvers, points, scrapers, polished chopping tools, flakes. A geometric microlite in the form of a symmetrical trapezoid is a rare finding. The author describes technology of stone splitting, as well as the mineral base of the settlement. The presence of a housing depression on the settlement, as well as the high saturation of the layer (up to 80 products per square meter), allows us to consider it as the basic Mesolithic settlement of the Poludenskij peat bog.