Многослойный памятник верхнего палеолита Северного Приазовья Каменная Балка II - история изучения и результаты исследований

The complex of the Upper Paleolithic sites Kamennaya Balka is located on the high right bank of the river Don valley's mouth and presents a typical example of open sites. This group of sites belonging to the same archaeological culture, mentionned in specialized literature as Kamennobalkovskaya.  In this short article the history of discovery of these sites, their main delineations and possibilities for researching of all material were described. Due to more than 50 years of detailed archeological research large areas of settlements were studied and vast archeological data were gathered, that allows  reconstruct various aspects of ancient population's life. Owing to complex scientific research being constantly carried out on the sites the basis for different paleoecological reconstruction was formed. These sites reflect the transformation of the same cultural tradition during quite a lengthy period of time. That is very important to understand how the adaptation to constantly changing living conditions was formed and developed. So, Kamennobalkovskaya culture sites nevertheless provided completely unusually vast quantity of the various  valuable data that allowed to realise an attempt to simulate  the systems of subsistence practices in Upper Paleolithic on Northern coast of Azov Sea.