Russian archaeologists find Late Neolithic settlements

During an expedition to the Kola Peninsula in the Murmansk region (Russia), archaeologists of the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered four settlements of the Late Neolithic Age (II-I millennia B.C.) belonging to the ancient Scandinavian Gressbakken culture.

Excavations on the territory of the Kola Peninsula have been going on for the last few years. Archaeologists work in hard-to-reach places, which can be reached only by special transport. This is reported by Eurasia Today, a partner of TV BRICS.

In 2024 several monuments were investigated at once. In particular, work was completed on the excavation of an early Neolithic dwelling, near which the scientists also found the remains of a traditional four-cornered pyramid with a truncated top, which was used by the Saami (one of the small indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation) as a dwelling. Inside it, archaeologists found about 22 thousand different items: from stone tools to household utensils.

"The significance of these findings lies in the fact that the Kola Bay has undergone a powerful industrial development in a hundred years. There is no doubt that in ancient times there were many settlements and camps on its shores. However, there is little chance that they have survived to this day. [...] Taking into account the latest results, in recent years we were able to discover six more sites and six more settlements with dwellings from the Stone and Bronze Ages," said Evgeny Kolpakov, head of the field expedition and leading researcher of the Palaeolithic Department of the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.