<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian archeology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Russian archeology</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-6063</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-5774</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian Academy of Science</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi"></article-id><title-group><article-title>THE NEW DATA ON THE NEOLITHIC OF THE NORTH-WEST CAUCASUS FROM THE MEZMAISKAIA CAVE</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>НОВЫЕ ДАННЫЕ О НЕОЛИТЕ СЕВЕРО-ЗАПАДНОГО КАВКАЗА ИЗ МЕЗМАЙСКОЙ ПЕЩЕРЫ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Stasovsky</surname><given-names>Yuri</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Спасовский</surname><given-names>Юрий Николаевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>Stasovsky-Yuri@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sapelko</surname><given-names>Tatyana</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сапелко</surname><given-names>Татьяна Валентиновна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>Sapelko_Tatyana@mail.ru</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Koulkova</surname><given-names>Marianna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кулькова</surname><given-names>Марианна Алексеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>Koulkova_Marianna@mail.ru</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Doronicheva</surname><given-names>Ekaterina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дороничева</surname><given-names>Е. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>edoronicheva@hotmail.ru</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Doronichev</surname><given-names>Vladimir B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дороничев</surname><given-names>В. Б.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>labprehistory@yandex.ru</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid"></contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Golovanova</surname><given-names>Lyubov V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Голованова</surname><given-names>Л. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>mezmay57@mail.ru</email></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru"></institution><institution xml:lang="en"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2016-07-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>07</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><issue>3</issue><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>19</lpage><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article presents preliminary results of studying the Neolithic settlement in the Mezaiskaya cave (Northern-Western Caucasus). In the beginning of the Atlantic period (8-7. 5 million years ago) the cave served as a seasonal hunting seat. The studying of silicon reservoirs testifies the wide development of the region by a human of this region in the Neolithic Age.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье представлены предварительные результаты изучения неолитической стоянки в Мезмайской пещере (Северо-Западный Кавказ). В начале атлантического периода (8-7.5 тыс. л.н.) пещера служила сезонной охотничьей стоянкой. Изучение источников кремня свидетельствует о широком освоении человеком данного региона в неолите.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Neolithic</kwd><kwd>silicon industry</kwd><kwd>ceramics</kwd><kwd>Сaucasus</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Неолит</kwd><kwd>кремневая индустрия</kwd><kwd>керамика</kwd><kwd>Кавказ</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list></ref-list></back></article>