Trends in the historiography of the Stone Age of Crimea (late 19th – early 21st centuries)

the genesis of historiography as a scientific field is directly related to the study of the historical process itself. At the same time, the history and historiography of the Stone Age have their own specifics. The archaeology of this era itself is a young branch of historical knowledge (the first primitive monument in Crimea, the Wolf Grotto, was localized in the 80s of the 19th century). In addition, modern authors usually pay much less attention to reviews of the study of primitive history than to other, later, periods. But it is obvious that a comprehensive study of the Stone Age of Crimea in the historiographical space allows us to summarize existing ideas about the complex ways of the formation of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic studies of the peninsula, to outline the prospects for its research by the scientific community. The proposed publication presents a consistent description of the trends in historiographical research of the Stone Age of Crimea in the late 19th – 20th centuries.

primitive archeology, historiography, Stone Age of Crimea, primitive monument, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, historical and historiographical sources