CULTURAL STRATIGRAPHY AT MEZHIRICH, AN UPPER PALEOLITHIC SITE IN UKRAINE WITH MULTIPLE OCCUPATIONS

The later Palaeolithic sites on the East European plain are celebrated for their solid buildings constructed of mammoth bones, Were these pe rmanent settlements, occupied all the year round? Or were they seasona lly occupied, in a land where winters are harsh? Stratigraphic explora tions at Mezhirich, and excavation of the empty space between the buil dings, leads to a decisive interpretation.