en.unionpedia.org

Akhshtyrskaya Cave, the Glossary

The Akhshtyrskaya cave (Big Kazachebrodskaya) is an archeological site in the Western Caucasus.^[1]

Adlersky City District

Adlersky City District (Адлерский район) is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Georgia.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Adlersky City District

Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Archaeological site

Édouard-Alfred Martel

Édouard-Alfred Martel (1 July 1859, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise – 3 June 1938, Montbrison), the 'father of modern speleology', was a world pioneer of cave exploration, study, and documentation.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Édouard-Alfred Martel

Cave bear

The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Cave bear

Cro-Magnon

Cro-Magnons or European early modern humans (EEMH) were the first early modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe, migrating from western Asia, continuously occupying the continent possibly from as early as 56,800 years ago.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Cro-Magnon

Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Early Middle Ages

Krasnodar Krai

Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodarskiy kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of the Southern Federal District.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Krasnodar Krai

Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Limestone

Middle Paleolithic

The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Middle Paleolithic

Mousterian

The Mousterian (or Mode III) is an archaeological industry of stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe, and to the earliest anatomically modern humans in North Africa and West Asia.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Mousterian

Mzymta

The Mzymta (Mezmytha) is a river in Northwestern Caucasus, flowing through Mostovsky District and the city of Sochi (Adlersky City District) of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Mzymta

Neanderthal

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

See Akhshtyrskaya Cave and Neanderthal

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhshtyrskaya_Cave

Akhshtyrskaya Cave, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Adlersky City District

Archaeological site

Édouard-Alfred Martel

Cave bear

Cro-Magnon

Early Middle Ages

Krasnodar Krai

Limestone

Middle Paleolithic

Mousterian

Mzymta

Neanderthal

Russia

Sochi

Western Caucasus

See also

1903 archaeological discoveries

Cave bear

Caves of Russia

Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Krasnodar Krai

Landforms of Krasnodar Krai

Natural monuments of Russia

Tourist attractions in Krasnodar Krai

References