"Horned" pendant (grand)
Flattened item representing a fragment of an arc of sub-triangular item which was used in fragmented form.
Manufacturing technique
The first stage of a work was the making of central hole and the treatment of the item around the perimeter. The work was made with probably a cutting tool. Movements of the tool are linear. During the second stage of the treatment, flat tough abrasive surface was used. The item moved on it with reciprocating movements. Such traces were found on both sides of the item. During the final stage of the work, light polishing on leather surface was made. Fragmental traces of it were found on the planes and ends part of the artefacts. The ends of the item were carefully treated. On the smaller item one end is broken.
Use-wear traces
Traces of binding and wearing the item as pendant were found.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
134Size
Length - 38,64 mm
Width - 10,76 mm
Thickness (average) - 5,4 mm
Material
stoneDating
40-45 th. years BPCulture
Initial Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Lbova L.V.2000
Publications
Volkov P. V., Lbova L. V. Tekhnologiya izgotovleniya natel'nyh ukrashenij na rannej stadii verhnego paleolita (po materialam Zapadnogo Zabajkal'ya) // Vestn. Novosib. gos. un-ta. Seriya: Istoriya, filologiya. – 2009. – T. 8. – Vyp. 5: Arheologiya i etnografiya. – S. 62–73
Lbova L.V. Predmety personal'noj ornamentacii v kontekste znakovyh sistem paleolita Sibiri// Universum Humanitarium, 2016, №1(2). S. 37-49
Lbova L. V. Paleolit severnoj zony Zapadnogo Zabajkal'ya. – Ulan-Ude: Izd-vo BNC SO RAN, 2000. – 240 s.
Lbova L. V. Formy znakovogo povedeniya v kul'turah rannego verhnego paleolita Sibiri // Gumanitarnye nauki v Sibiri, № 3. 2011, S. 11-15
Lbova L. V., Volkov P. V. Tekhnologii izgotovleniya predmetov izobrazitel'noj deyatel'nosti v kompleksah nachal'noj pory verhnego paleolita v Zapadnom Zabajkal'e // Kamennaya skul'ptura i melkaya plastika drevnih i srednevekovyh narodov Evrazii.Tr. SAIPI. Barnaul: Izd-vo Alt. gos. un-ta, 2007. Vyp. 3. S. 40–43
