Trapezoid item
The item is represented by a fragment of a large object made of light pink serpentine-antigorite with streaks of chrysolite. The whole item had, obviously, a sub-special (or sub-triangular) shape with rounded corners, tapering and flattened towards the bottom. The upper edge of the item is flattened on the outside and covered with 9 deep notches (from 7 to 3 mm), located at an angle of about 60–70 °; the rest of the item front surface is covered with horizontal deep parallel lines across the entire width (18 pcs).
Manufacturing technique
In the upper part of the item there are two small biconical holes (the diameter at the entrance of the drilling is 5.57, 4.21 mm, the diameter of the hole is not more than 1.56 mm); the third hole is represented in a fragmented way. The front side of the artifact is covered with a linear ornament, setting on the edge of the object. According to the well-preserved traces of the work, we can be argue that the thread channels are made with reciprocating movements of a knife. On the front and back sides of the item, drilling traces with a working turn of less than 180 ° were found. The drilling channel has a clear conical shape. There are no traces of flaring of its edges. The back of the item is covered with traces of smoothness. These wide deep notches on the upper edge are made with a knife after the main (linear) ornament was made.
Use-wear traces
Traces of wearing the item as a pendant are not found.
Storage location
Fund of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of SciencesInventory number
noThe Museum KAMIS
noSize
Estimated length of the whole item – not more than 52 mm
Length (along the long axis) – 28.09 mm
Width (max) – 33.86 mm
Thickness (average) – 6.50 - 7.00 mm
Material
stone (serpentinite - antigorite)Dating
28-36 th. years BP (dating by culture layer)Culture
Early Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Larichv V.E.1975
Publications
Lbova L. V., Volkov P. V., Dolgorukova N. A., Barkov A. V., Larichev V. E. Predmety neutilitarnogo naznacheniya mestonahozhdeniya Malaya Syya (tekhnologicheskij aspekt) // Vestnik NGU. Seriya: Istoriya, filologiya. 2014. T. 13. Vyp. 5: Arheologiya i etnografiya. – S. 91-100 (in Russiun).
