Whistle
An item of cylindrical shape. It is made of a fragment of a bird bone (probably, a goose bone). It has a flattening on one side. The surface has both technological notches (for example, on the edges) and some rows of parallel notches that are located perpendicular to the item axis. In the first row, there are some deep and long notches, the second one has 7 small and 5 large and non-deep notches.
Manufacturing technique
Fragmenting of a tubular bone was made with a knife-like tool with a narrow cutting edge. The tool moved with reciprocating motion. The forming of the cut channel was not brought to perforation of the bone, the process ended with fracturing. The forming of cuts and notches was made with the same tool but with less presure.
Use-wear traces
Use-wear traces include some traces of polishing on one of the edges and area around it. In general, the item surface has traces of light polishing.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
150Size
Length - 25,57 mm
Width - 12,49 mm
Thickness - 11,19 mm
Material
Tubular boneDating
40 000 - 45 000 years BPCulture
Initial Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Lbova L.V.1993
Publications
Volkov P. V., Lbova L. V. Tekhnologiya izgotovleniya natel'nyh ukrashenij na rannej stadii verhnego paleolita (po materialam Zapadnogo Zabajkal'ya) // Vestn. Novosib. gos. un-ta. Seriya: Istoriya, filologiya. – 2009. – T. 8. – Vyp. 5: Arheologiya i etnografiya. – S. 62–73 (In Russian)
Lbova L.V. Predmety personal'noj ornamentacii v kontekste znakovyh sistem paleolita Sibiri// Universum Humanitarium, 2016, №1(2). S. 37-49 (In Russian)
Lbova L. V. Paleolit severnoj zony Zapadnogo Zabajkal'ya. – Ulan-Ude: Izd-vo BNC SO RAN, 2000. – 240 s. (In Russian)
Lbova L. V. Formy znakovogo povedeniya v kul'turah rannego verhnego paleolita Sibiri // Gumanitarnye nauki v Sibiri, № 3. 2011, S. 11-15 (In Russian)
Lbova L. V., Volkov P. V. Tekhnologii izgotovleniya predmetov izobrazitel'noj deyatel'nosti v kompleksah nachal'noj pory verhnego paleolita v Zapadnom Zabajkal'e // Kamennaya skul'ptura i melkaya plastika drevnih i srednevekovyh narodov Evrazii.Tr. SAIPI. Barnaul: Izd-vo Alt. gos. un-ta, 2007. Vyp. 3. S. 40–43 (In Russian)
