Blank of bead
The blank is a small square-shaped item made of pyrophyllite (agalmatolite) without drilling traces.
Traces of artificial red paint have been remained on the surface of the blank. The artificial composition is indicated by low levels of iron (11.45%) and the presence of additives of various origins.
Manufacturing technique
For grinding the blanks, abrasives were used. They were sandy bars. Such bars and their fragments were found on several Ushki sites.
Use-wear traces
No.
Storage location
North-Eastern State University, Magadan cityInventory number
Ушки-V-2007The Museum KAMIS
NoSize
Length - 9 mm
Height - 7 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.
