Pendant
The item is oval, lenticular in profile, with a flattened side and a hole at the edge. Probably, the pendant was sewn on clothes.
Manufacturing technique
The blank was formed on a flake or small pebble by splitting, then the item was treated with abrasives. The hole drilling is offset to the edge.
Various sizes of pyrophyllite pebbles were used as raw materials for the manufacture of pendants.
Use-wear traces
Traces of technology actions: 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.
