D-shaped pendant
Item is D-shaped, flat in profile, with a single hole placed at the top of the item. The pendants are made of soft rock - pyrophyllite (agalmatolite).
Manufacturing technique
The item is made of a small pebble. The blank was formed by beating. Then the blank was grinded and drilled.
Various sizes of pyrophyllite pebbles were used as raw materials for the manufacture of 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.
