Как добраться. Транспорт
Самый лучший сезон для посещения кладбища — начало июня — конец августа.
Добраться до места можно двумя способами.
1. Доехать до Якутска и обратиться в турфирму, которые доставят за большие деньги на место.
2. На самолете из Якутска долететь до села Чокурдах, а дальше, взяв местного гида и лодку, подняться вверх по реке Индигирка и продолжить маршрут пешком.
Описание (английский)
The Berelekh site, often referred to as the “mammoth
cemetery”, is located on the bank of the Berelekh River in Siberia, near
the
mouth of the Indigirka River on the Arctic Ocean coast. Lying at 70ß
north, Berelekh is one of the earliest archaeological
sites yet found above the Arctic Circle.
Archaeologist Yuri Mochanov excavated the site in the early 1970's, and discovered a number of stone artifacts, including
bifaces, blades and wedge-shaped
cores. Several drilled stone pendants were also found, including one made of green jadeite.
Many artifacts found were made from mammoth bone and tusk, including four mammoth tusk knives, a spear point and two
scrapers.
Two
radiocarbon dates put the occupation of this site at about 13,000 to
13,500 years BP, and Mochanov suggests that the site may represent the
final
stages of the Dyuktai culture of northern Siberia.