Pigment-containing materials (Malachite)
Malachite is a copper carbonate, in the cultural layer, it is a marker of oxidation zones. It was used for making green paint.
Manufacturing technique
Fragments with hematite were split off the pieces of initial raw materials. Fragments were grinded up and then they were used for the paint manufacturing.
Inventory number
NoThe Museum KAMIS
NoMaterial
Malachite (copper carbonate)Dating
28-36 th. years BPCulture
Early Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Larichev V.E.1975
Publications
Lbova L. V., Kulik N. A., Gubar Y. S. Petrograficheskiy i spektralnyy analiz pigmentsoderzhashchikh materialov v sostave kollektsii Maloy Syi // Problemy arheologii, etnografii, antropologii Sibiri i sopredel'nyh territorij. – T. XXIV. – Novosibirsk: izd-vo IAEt SO RAN, 2018. – S. 115–118. (in Russiun).
