New complex at the upper palaeolithic site Khotylevo 2: spatial structure and stratigraphy of cultural deposit

The paper deals with spatial and stratigraphic analysis of the association discovered in 2005 at the Khotylevo 2 Upper Palaeolithic site, in new area B. Within the area of 45 sq. m two complexes of spatially related objects have been revealed, with stratigraphic conditions generally typical of Khotylevo 2. The first complex consists of shallow pits and mammoth bones surrounding an accumulation of burnt bones, broken animal bones, and knapped flints. Similar associations were investigated at the site by F. M. Zavernyaev in the 1970-s. The second complex includes numerous animal bones, mostly mammoth ones, deliberately arranged following the pattern known from the bone constructions of so-called dwellings of the Anosovo-Mezin type. Judging from their stratigraphic correlation, the two complexes are not coeval.