Definition: The Ginsy Site is an Upper Paleolithic site located on the Dneiper River of Ukraine. The site consists of two mammoth bone dwellings and a bone field in an adjacent paleo-ravine. The largest measures 5 meters in diameter; the small hut is 3 meters in diameter. Surrounding the larger hut was about a dozen circular pits of 1-2 meter depth, each full of mammoth and reindeer bones and other artifacts. Ash pits with charcoal, bone fragments, chipped stone artifacts and bone tools suggest bone butchery, as does the large bone bed in the adjacent ravine, which consisted of young mammoths, reindeer, bison and other mammals, in association with stone and bone tools.
Ginsy was excavated in late 1990s and early 2000s by the Institute of Archaeology NAS Ukraine and the University of Paris.
Ginsy was excavated in late 1990s and early 2000s by the Institute of Archaeology NAS Ukraine and the University of Paris.
Source
Iakovleva, I.A. and F. Djindjian. 2001. New data on mammoth bone dwellings of Eastern Europe in the light of the new excavations of the Ginsy site (Ukraine). Paper given at the World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome 2001Alternate Spellings: Ginzy
