Mal'ta is located on the left bank of the Belaya River in southeastern Siberia, near the modern town of Mal'ta which itself is near Irkutsk. Mal'ta's technological assemblage and date is similar to the nearby site of Buret', and together they make up the  Mal'ta Buret'  or Maltinsko-Buretskaya (in Russian) culture.he older child at Mal'ta has been direct-dated to 19,880 +/- 160 RCYBP, from well-preserved bone collagen. Isotopic analysis of the child's collagen indicate that his diet included about 25% freshwater aquatic foods, probably fish or waterfowl, and probably obtained from the nearby river.