Author of the book V.V. Pitulko - archaeologist, cand. east. Sciences, devoted his research to the Zhokhov Mesolithic site - the base camp of ancient hunters, which is located far in the Arctic, on one of the small islands of the De Long archipelago in the East Siberian Sea at 76 ° N The first settlers, as it was established, appeared here, in the area of ​ ​ modern about. Zhokhov, 8,000 years ago. Features of the geographical position, as well as the history of the station discovered in the late 60s. polar explorers of about. Zhokhov monument, and material devoted directly to the excavation of the site, are set out in the corresponding sections of the monograph. The book is addressed to specialists - archaeologists, ethnographers, historians.