Pebble-beater
Flat elongated trapezoidal, lens-shaped in cross section pebble of sedimentary rock with a smooth surface, with greenish and white veins of silt and sandstone. At the one end of the stone, traces of red pigment are remained in the pores and cracks.
In general, the tool can be interpreted as a spatula for applying ocher to a viscous consistency, or a tool for grinding it.
Use-wear traces
Micropolishing and linear traces are revealed. Two zones of wear are marked: the first is the back surface (the place where the tool is held in work) - it has traces of micropolishing, formed as a result of contact with operator's hands. The second is the working area, on which non-systematic linear traces of artifact contact with ocher impurities are found.
Storage location
Fund of Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the SB RASThe Museum KAMIS
noSize
Maximum length - 74 mm
Width in the medial part - 26 mm
Thickness - 12 mm
Material
PebblesDating
43 - 30 th. years BCCulture
Early Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Petrin V.T.1991
Publications
Derevyanko A. P., Rybin Е. P. Drevnejshee proyavlenie simvolicheskoj deyatel'nosti paleoliticheskogo cheloveka na Gornom Altae // Arheologiya, etnografiya i antropologiya Еvrazii. 2003. № 3 (15). S. 39 - 40., Ris. 14,1,5; 15.
