Figurine of a bear
The item is a figurative image of a bear, made on a chip of obsidian. Along the contour, the item is treated with fine retouching which forms the outline of the figure - the emphasized heavy body of the animal, paws and head. The head was made with large flakes, special attention is paid to the design of the nose and mouth.
Manufacturing technique
The item is made on a flake, the contour is decorated with marginal retouch. The head is treated with a flattening removal.
Use-wear traces
The item at the last stage of its treatment may have been treated with leather to smooth out the burrs (definition of P. V. Volkov).
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2008/п/мThe Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 23 mm
Height - 12 mm
Thickness - 3 mm
Material
ObsidianDating
noCulture
Ushki V site, presumably cultural layer IV, Early NeolithicThe author of the excavations
Ponkratova I.Yu.2008
Publications
Ponkratova I.Yu. Rannij neolit Kamchatki (po rezul'tatam issledovaniya stoyanki Ushki-V, Ust'-Kamchatskij rajon, p-ov Kamchatka // Arheologiya CIRCUM-PASIFIC: Pamyati Igorya Yakovlevicha Shevkomuda: sb. st. Vladivostok: Tihookeanskoe izdatel'stvo «Rubezh», 2017. S. 143–162.
Ponkratova I.Yu. Stages of settlement of the territory near the Big Ushkovsky Lake in Kamchatka at the end of the Pleistocene – Holocene // Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 48/1, 2020. S. 41–51.
