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The site "Big Stone" (discovered in 1972). It is located at the mouths of Paratunka and Avacha rivers on a hill 50 meters high. There was a stay about 2410 years ago. After the eruption of Khodutka volcano, people left this place. Apparently, the eruption of volcanoes had a very strong influence on the psychology of the primitive population.

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The excavations indicate that after the eruption of Khodutka volcano, people at the mouth of the Paratunka river lived no longer. They appeared here only in the 18th century, they built a dwelling on a small cliff, 200-250 meters north-west of the Big Stone site.

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