A bunch of pendants (maral incisors)
A bunch of pendants made of 45 maral incisors. The items are generally well-remained and covered with limescale. Most beads have some traces of red paint. Some items are flattened in the roots. The drilling is double-sided.
Manufacturing technique
The drilling is double-sided in all cases; sometimes angled.
Use-wear traces
There are some channels on the items for hanging them as a single pendants.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
noSize
Length (average) - 25,70 mm
Width (average) - 9,49 mm
Thickness (average) - 15,24 mm
Material
Maral incisorsCulture
Initial NeolithicThe author of the excavations
Konovalov P.B.1967
Publications
Lbova L.V. Pogrebal'nye kompleksy neolita - rannego bronzovogo veka Zabajkal'ya (formirovanie arhetipov pervobytnoj kul'tury) / L.V. Lbova, E.D. ZHambaltarova, V.P. Konev. - Novosibirsk: Izd-vo Instituta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2008. - 248 S.
