Mal'ta-Buret' culture

Mal'ta (Russian Мальта ) is a Paleolithic find spot in the valley of the Angara River, 80 km north-west of Irkutsk in Russia. Excavations under the direction of Mikhail Gerasimov there an Upper Palaeolithic settlement was excavated in an area of ​​600 m², which was probably inhabited approximately 24000-21000 years ago. In Malta, there were semi -underground -scale round houses. The foundations were made of stone; Roofs were supported with animal bones and consisted of interwoven reindeer antlers. In addition to various tools and weapons of flint mainly produce various works of art are worth mentioning in the find material. Among them can be found from bones and mammoth ivory carved animal and human figures ( Venusfigurinen of Malta), in stone incised representations of animals, decorated with abstract patterns platelets and trinkets. Children's graves and tombs skinned foxes give rare references to the religious ideas of the former inhabitants.

In 2013, the genome of the 24,000 -year-old boy from Mal'ta has been published.