section_path: History/Prehistory
section_name: Prehistory
paragraph_text: Prehistory
  
  Archaeological excavations show the site of modern-day Moscow and surrounding area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Among the earliest finds are relics of the Lyalovo culture, which experts assign to the Neolithic period, the last phase of the Stone Age. They confirm that the first inhabitants of the area were hunters and gatherers. Around 950 AD, two Slavic tribes, Vyatichi and Krivichi, settled here. The Vyatichi may have formed the majority of Moscow's indigenous population.