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Multi-periodSite Name: Mezhyrich Alternative Name: Mezhirich
Country: Ukraine Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tsjerkasy  Nearest Village: Mezhyrich
Latitude: 49.632628N  Longitude: 31.426769E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Ancient Village or Settlement in Ukraine

In 1965, a farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth while in the process of expanding his cellar. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been shelters known to have been constructed by pre-historic man, usually attributed to Cro-Magnon. Also found on the site: a map inscribed onto a bone, presumably showing the area around the settlement remains of a "drum", made of a mammoth skull painted with a pattern of red ochre dots and lines amber ornaments and fossil shells (source: Wikipedia - see link below).

Some of the huts found at Mezhyrich are preserved in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (title image) and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The remains of another dwelling were left in place and protected by a metal structure.

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