The excavations at Mal’ta continued through the 1950s under Gerasimov and others, gradually revealing the full extent of the site’s occupation deposits, the range of its material culture, and the details of its structures and burials.

The Soviet period was productive for Siberian archaeology generally: major sites were excavated, regional sequences were established, and the broader context of Upper Paleolithic Siberia began to take shape.

The publication of the Mal’ta findings in Russian-language Soviet scientific literature made the site well-known to specialists but kept it relatively obscure outside the specialist world.

The figurines in particular attracted attention from researchers interested in Upper Paleolithic art, and the comparison with the European Venus figurine tradition became a subject of scholarly discussion.

The child’s burial — the MA-1 burial — was documented during the excavations and has been described in archaeological reports and site summaries.