Pendant from a string of beads
Item has an elongated rounded shape, flat in profile, with a single hole placed in the upper part of the item. The pendant is made of soft rock - pyrophyllite (agalmatolite).
Traces of artificial red paint have been remained on the surface of the pendant. The artificial composition is indicated by low iron values and the presence of organic additives.
Manufacturing technique
The process of making the pendant included manufacturing of the blank. Then the central hole was made. Then the pendant was grinded on abrasive slabs for giving it a required size.
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2007/460The Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 12 mm
Height - 6 mm
Thickness - 5 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.
Indeytsy Kalifornii. Katalog kollektsiy Kunstkamery. 2018. SPb.: MAE RAN. 344 s.
