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Archaeologists excavating sites on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered remarkable evidence of ancient innovation—carefully crafted bone skates made from horse bones that enabled ancient peoples to traverse frozen waterways during harsh winter months. The discovery provides rare insight into how communities adapted to seasonal climate challenges in the Black Sea region thousands of years ago, demonstrating sophisticated understanding of available materials and environmental conditions. The finds were made during 2024 rescue excavations along a fuel pipeline route in the Temryuk District by researchers from the Laboratory of Archaeological Technology at the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IIMK RAS) reports Arkeonews. Among the artifacts discovered at the Yastrebovskoye-Berezhnoe site were horse bones exhibiting