Small stone bead
A small flattened convex bead made of light stone (rhyolite) and flattened on one side. It has a hole with uneven edges. On the flat side, we found some small cut marks. On the convex side, there is a small canal that runs from the hole.
Manufacturing technique
The item is made on microflake. The surface is rough. It is flattened on the one side, and convex on the other one. The hole is drilled with a reamer. It is uneven on the edges.
Use-wear traces
Light polishing of convex surface. There are probably traces of sewing.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
133Size
The outer diameter - 7.89 mm
The inner diameter - 2.18 mm
Material
light rhyoliteDating
40 000 - 45 000 years BPCulture
Initial Upper PaleolithicThe author of the excavations
Lbova L.V.1999
Publications
Lbova L. V. Paleolit severnoj zony Zapadnogo Zabajkal'ya. – Ulan-Ude: Izd-vo BNC SO RAN, 2000. – 240 s.
