Mezine or Mezyn (Ukrainian: Мезин) is a place within the modern country of Ukraine which has the most artifact finds of Paleolithic culture origin.

[1][2][3][4] The Epigravettian[5] site is located on a bank of the Desna River in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine, near the village of Mezine.

[6] The settlement is best known for an archaeological find of a set of bracelets engraved with marks possibly representing calendar lunar-cycles.

[7] Also found near Mezine was the earliest known example of a swastika-like form, as part of a decorative object dated to 10,000 BCE.

It was described (see references for illustrations) as an object carved from ivory mammoth tusks to resemble[8] an: Ice age Bird ... with Inscribed Swastikas...[9]The bird is understood as an inherently shamanistic animal, often being a symbol of the soul or of the spirit experienced in flight (from death).