NEW STONE AND BRONZE AGE SITES DISCOVERED ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF THE FINNISH GULF IN 2020
The paper presents the results of the 2020 reconnaissance works on the northern shore of the Finnish Gulf. The exploration of an area west of the Vyborg Bay revealed two new groups of stone barrows of the Bronze Age consisting of 2-3 mounds and stone linings (Bychya Golova 1-2). Analogous sited were studied in this area in 2017-2019. In addition, some places of probable location of nonextant barrows were found (near the village of Chulkovo and on Cape Portovyi). A Stone Age site of Zabolotnoe 1 was discovered 2 km away of Lake Zabolotnoe. The cultural layer contains typical comp-pit ceramics decorated with comp impressions and conical pits. Stone Age siteswithfinds of comp-pit ceramics (Glebychevo 3) andaquartz-slate flakeindustry(Glebychevo 4) were discovered south of the Klyuchevskaya Bay. A fragment of a phalange of the human hand was found at the site of Glebychevo 4. The reported results confirm that the reconnaissance surveys in the coastal zone north of the Finnish Gulf have a great potential for the study of the Stone and Bronze Age sites.