Дослідження Вадимом Щербаківським решток палеолітичного житла в Гінцях: нездійснене відкриття

Abstract

У 1914-1915 рр. експедицією В.М. Щербаківського в Гінцях були виявлені й розчищені рештки палеолітичного житла, однак ні він сам, ні присутній на розкопках В.О. Городцов не зуміли їх правильно атрибутувати. Завадиля цьому науковому відкриттю наукова парадигма, якої дотримувалися тоді дослідники палеоліту.

In the course of excavation of Gintsi site in 1914–1915 by V.M.Sherbakivskyj the remains of a Paleolithic dwelling were discovered. However, neither the researcher himself, nor his scientific adviser V.A.Gorodzov managed to identify the real nature of the discovered pile of mammoth bones and of other big animals, regarding it as a dump of household refuse and raw material. Later P.P.Efimenko (1931) suggested the idea, which was confirmed by the excavation carried out by I.F.Levitskyj, that the site presented the remains of monumental dwellings of bone. The discovered object was misinterpreted by V.M.Sherbakivskyj, as well as by V.A.Gorodzov, not by the reason of imperfect excavation method, but due to established at that time scientific paradigm, which regarded the plainsmen of upper-paleolith as nomads, and nomadic life made the construction of dwellings for long-living useless.