Oval pendant
The item is oval in shape, flat in profile, with a single hole placed in the upper part of the item. A pendant is made of soft rock - pyrophyllite (agalmatolite).
Manufacturing technique
The pendant manufacturing process consisted of several stages. At the first stage, the selection of raw materials took place. Then, at the second stage, a blank of the required shape was created by percussion technique. After that, in the third stage, the blank was ground and drilled.
Various sizes of pyrophyllite pebbles were used as raw materials for manufacturing the pendants.
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2007The Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 17 mm
Height - 12 mm
Thickness - 4 mm
Material
Pyrophyllite (agalmatolite)Dating
13300 – 12500 years BPCulture
Ushki V site, cultural layer VII, transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic, the end of the Pleistocene.The author of the excavations
Ponkratova I.Yu.2007
Publications
Ponkratova I.Yu., Gubar Yu.S., Lbova L.V. Spektralnyy analiz okrashennykh artefaktov sloya VII stoyanki Ushki V (poluostrov Kamchatka) // Universum Humanitarium. 2019. № 1. S. 56–71.
Ponkratova I.Yu. Etapy zaseleniya territorii u Bolshogo Ushkovskogo ozera na Kamchatke v kontse pleystotsena – golotsene // Arkheologiya. etnografiya i antropologiya Evrazii. 2020. T. 48. № 1. S. 41–51.
