Bead blank
A trapezoidal blank for a small flat bead of light grayish-green talcite (or serpentinite). It is noted that one side is treated. In the center there is a hole of irregular shape.
Manufacturing technique
Work of a burin can be traced only on one surface. The ledge zone is treated with a different kinematics of motion in contrast to the general actions that flatten the surface. The hole is made with a sharp item, such as a knife. The hole is not treated.
Use-wear traces
There are traces of smoothing over the entire surface of the artifact. Its origin can be connected with a contact with soft elastic organic material.
Storage location
Fund of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of SciencesInventory number
М76 - 1929The Museum KAMIS
noMaterial
talcit (serpentinite)Dating
28-36 th. years BP (dating by culture layer)Culture
Early Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Larichev V.E.1976
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).
Lbova L. V., Kulik N. A., Volkov P. V., Barkov A. V., Vanharen M., Marchenko D. V., Kovalev V.S. Tekhnologiya obrabotki «ekzoticheskih» mineral'nyh resursov v pozdnem paleolite Yuzhnoj Sibiri (po materialam mestonahozhdeniya Malaya Syya) // Stratum plus, 2018, №1, s. 199-214.
