Archaeological survey on the right bank of the Bolshaya Ob river in 2022

The article discusses the results of exploration work performed in the lower reaches of the Ob River (Shuryshkarsky District, YaNAO) in 2022. In the course of research on the right bank of the Great Ob, it was studied in three main areas: on the Golden Cape, near the village of Khashgort as well as at the mouth of the Pelyakhyogan River. Massive Pleistocene paleontological material was collected, and a small collection of stone artifacts was obtained. Moreover, five strippings of coastal ledges, which revealed subaerial and subaqueous deposits of the Late Pleistocene were made. During the work near the village of Khashgort, three strippings of natural outcrops were made to provide new information on the composition of Late and Middle Quaternary deposits in this part of the Ob River valley. Massive paleontological material (90 items) from the surface of the riverbank in the mouth of the Pelyakhyogan River (about 1 km long) was collected, and three stone artifacts (separate cleaved pieces of raw materials and a large chopper) with were also found. The faunistic complex of finds is represented by the remains of a mammoth, a woolly rhinoceros, a bison, a deer, and a horse. Over 65 % remains are of mammoth. On the surface of two plates of the mammoth tusk, lines and grooves can be traced, which may be of anthropogenic origin. The results of the work allow to state that the finds of the Paleolithic appearance are systematic in the coastal shallows from the village of Kazym-Mys to the village of Pitlyar. In the same area, the remains of a large Pleistocene fauna are found, forming, in some areas, the zones of high concentration, sometimes with artefacts. This suggests the destruction of bone horizons in these locations. Such concentration zones are a good marker for exploration work.