Archaeological Sites in Russia

Denisova Cave
The archaeological site of Denisova Cave is located on the Anui River, in the Altai region of Siberia and cut into the face of a steep limestone cliff.

Diring Yuriakh
Diring Yuriakh is a controverial early hominid site in the Siberian region of Russia, believed to have been occupied around 300,000 years ago, with an Olduvai-like pebble tool assemblage.

Diuktai Cave
Diuktai Cave is an archaeological site on the Aldan River, a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia, occupied by a group that may have been ancestral to some Paleoarctic people of North America.

Kapova Cave
Kapova cave is a Paleolithic rock art site in Bashkortotstan in the southern Ural Mountains of Russia

Khuzhir-Nuge XIV (Russia)
Khuzhir-Nuge XIV is a Bronze Age cemetery site in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia, Russia, and an example of the Serovo-Glazkovo culture.

Shigirsky Peat Bog
Malcolm Lillie and associates report on evidence for sophisticated wood working evidence by the Shigirsky Idol at this Mesolithic period site in Russia. Article in Antiquity, September 2005.

The Khazar Fortress of Sarkel
A medieval site on the Don River, from Kevin Brook at the Khazaria Information Center

Sungir
The Sungir archaeological site is an enormous Upper Paleolithic archaeological settlement and cemetery located outside of Vladimir, Russia

Viking Ship in Russian Waters
Underwater archaeologists have discovered a Viking era ship, a newsbrief from Archaeology Magazine.

Ust-Mil 2
The archaeological site of Ust-Mil is a Dyuktai cultural site located on the Aldan River in the Yakutia region of Siberia.

Yudinovo (Russia)
Yudinovo is an Upper Paleolithic base camp site located on a promontory above the right bank of the Sudost' River in Pogar District, Briansk region of Russia.

Vis
The Vis sites are two peat bogs in the Vychegda basin of Russia, in which have been found the remains of worked wooden objects, including wooden skis and sledge runners.