The article is addressed to the issue of long-distance contacts and social networks between the Upper Palaeolithic of the North-western Caucasus and other regions, basing on finds (artifacts from mammoth tusk, azurite sandstone pebble, Black Sea marine mollusc shells, and obsidian artifacts) from the Upper Palaeolithic layers at Mezmaiskaya Cave. Personal decorations from mammoth tusk found at Mezmaiskaya suggest rare contacts between culture-unrelated Upper Palaeolithic groups in the North-western Caucasus and Russian plain. Recurrent obsidian procurement from two specific remote obsidian sources at Mezmaiskaya suggests that there were two well-established social networks between Upper Palaeolithic humans in the North-western Caucasus and related human groups in the North-central and South Caucasus. The evidence of obsidian transport from Mezmaiskaya outlines borders of the Upper Palaeolithic cultural area with similar human population and culture in the Caucasus, within wich the Upper Palaeolithic groups in the North and South Caucasus had regular social-cultural relations, including exchange of obsidian raw material. Finds of Black Sea marine shells and an azurite sandstone pebble at Mezmaiskaya are discussed as non-utilitarian objects derived from remote areas located on the paths of the two obsidian exchange networks that likely outline directions and limits of direct movements of Upper Palaeolithic humans from the North-western Caucasus.

本文针对西北高加索上旧石器时代与其他地区之间的远距离接触和社交网络问题，基于发现（来自猛犸象牙、石青砂岩卵石、黑海海洋软体动物贝壳和黑曜石的人工制品）文物）来自 Mezmaiskaya 洞穴的旧石器时代上层。在 Mezmaiskaya 发现的猛犸象牙的个人装饰表明，西北高加索和俄罗斯平原与文化无关的旧石器时代晚期群体之间存在罕见的接触。从 Mezmaiskaya 的两个特定的偏远黑曜石来源反复采购黑曜石表明，在高加索西北部的旧石器时代晚期人类与中北部和南高加索的相关人类群体之间存在两个完善的社交网络。来自 Mezmaiskaya 的黑曜石运输证据勾勒出高加索地区具有相似人口和文化的旧石器时代晚期文化区的边界，在那里，北高加索和南高加索的旧石器时代晚期群体有规律的社会文化关系，包括黑曜石原材料的交流. 在 Mezmaiskaya 发现的黑海海洋贝壳和石青砂岩卵石被讨论为非实用物品，它们来自位于两个黑曜石交换网络路径上的偏远地区，可能勾勒出旧石器时代晚期人类从北方直接移动的方向和限制- 西高加索。在那里，北高加索和南高加索的旧石器时代晚期群体有着定期的社会文化关系，包括黑曜石原材料的交流。在 Mezmaiskaya 发现的黑海海洋贝壳和石青砂岩卵石被讨论为非实用物品，它们来自位于两个黑曜石交换网络路径上的偏远地区，可能勾勒出旧石器时代晚期人类从北方直接移动的方向和限制- 西高加索。在那里，北高加索和南高加索的旧石器时代晚期群体有着定期的社会文化关系，包括黑曜石原材料的交流。在 Mezmaiskaya 发现的黑海海洋贝壳和石青砂岩卵石被讨论为非实用物品，它们来自位于两个黑曜石交换网络路径上的偏远地区，可能勾勒出旧石器时代晚期人类从北方直接移动的方向和限制-西高加索。