Figurine of a fish
The item is an image of a fish made on an obsidian blade. The perimeter of the figurine is treated with small retouch. The tail is highlighted and slightly raised up. The head is also highlighted. The abdomen is treated with larger retouch.
Manufacturing technique
The item is made on a blade and deliberately retouched.
Use-wear traces
There are no traces of using the item as a tool (the definition of Yu. E. Girya).
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2008/777The Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 29 mm
Height - 14 mm
Thickness - 3 mm
Material
ObsidianDating
4055 ± 75 BP, 4382 ± 79 BP, 5725 ± 90 BP.Culture
Сultural layer IV, Early NeolithicThe author of the excavations
Ponkratova I.Yu.2009
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.
