Concentration of pendants
Items are oval in shape, rounded in profile with a single hole in the center or at the edge. Based on the location of the pendants in situ, it can be assumed that the pendants were sewn on clothing.
The pendants are made of soft rock - pyrophyllite (agalmatolite).
Manufacturing technique
The pendants manufacturing process consisted of several stages. At the first stage, the selection of raw materials took place. At the second stage, a blank of the required shape was created by pounding. At the third stage, the blanks were ground and drilled.
Various sizes of pyrophyllite pebbles were used as raw materials for the manufacture of pendants.
Use-wear traces
Traces of grinding, polishing and drilling were recorded.
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2004The Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 12-15 mm
Height - 10-11 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.2004
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.