Neolithic period

(New stone age, the VII - IV millennium BC)

In the Neolithic Period forests and steppes spread in the Minusinsk basin. Mammoths, woolly rhinos and other ancient mammals died out forever. The population were occupied with hunting and fishing. People hunted deer, bears, elks and were very skillful at shooting birds with bows and arrowheads. They used polished-stone tools by grinding and polishing of fine-grained rock or flint.

The human believed that the representation of deer, bears and elks on rocks ensured success in hunting and rebirth of animals after death.