Exhibition 'The Stone Age in the Tomsk-Narym Priobye Region'

About exhibition

Two halls of the Tomsk Regional Museum of Local History named after M. B. Shatilov are dedicated to the earliest history of the Tomsk land — the Stone Age. It is divided into two large and unequal periods: the Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age). Two Upper Paleolithic sites are known in the territory of the modern Tomsk region — Tomsk (18,000 years) and Mogochinskaya (14,000 years). In the Old Stone Age (30–10 thousand years ago) the territory of present-day Tomsk region was tundra-steppe, with glaciers reaching right up to its northern borders. Numerous herds of mammoths, bison and wild horses roamed here — the bones of extinct animals can be seen in one of the display cases, and banners show scenes of hunting large animals of that era. The display cubes exhibit real ancient stone tools and a sculptural depiction of a modern-type human — the hunter of these animals. The exhibition is of interest for school subjects such as 'Local History', 'History' and 'Geography', as well as for students studying history, local lore, journalism and the arts.