Stratigraphy And Paleolithic Landscapes of the Beganchik Site at the Kama-Volga Confluence

The Beganchik locality is a stratigraphic sequence of loessic deposits, pedogenic horizons and Paleolithic occupations located at the Kama-Volga confluence. exposed on bluff formed west side an erosional remnant between Kuybyshev Reservoir former channel Aktay River. Although site known for its Terminal Paleolithic-Mesolithic Pleistocene-Holocene transition, evidence older remains fauna has been identified. Our research team identified human presence associated with horizon MIS 3 age. Two AMS radiocarbon ages from hearth produced around 47 000 years BP. Pollen phytoliths two soils horizons, including one hearths indicate steppe environment coincident formation correlative elsewhere in Russian Plain.