Spear tip
A spear tip of an elongated leaf shape has a short narrowed head and a round not completely grinded base. The cross section is flattened rhombus-shaped closer to the end and lenticular in the middle part. In the center along the axis on the both sides, there are large faces and smoothed edge. The end of the tip is slightly blunted. The face surface is smooth (in general), but there are some notches. The edges are sharp with local small breaks.
Manufacturing technique
Grinding
Use-wear traces
On the sides, there are areas with remained traces of abrasive treatment (smal abrasive).
Storage location
The Museum of Buryat History named after Khangalov M.N.Inventory number
ОФ-20276/1Size
Length - 184,85 mm
Width - 38,88 mm
Thickness - 12,22 mm
Material
Dark-green nephriteDating
6000 - 4000 years BPCulture
Later NeolithicThe author of the excavations
Hamzina E.A.1953
Publications
Ivashina L.G. Neolit i eneolit lesostepnoj zony Buryatii. Novosibirsk / AN SSSR. Sib. otd-nie. Buryat. fil. Buryat. in-t obshchestv. nauk. - VO "Nauka". - 157 S.
Hamzina E.A. Neoliticheskoe pogrebenie s Novoj SHishkovki/ E.A.Hamzina // Arheologicheskij sbornik/ AN SSSR. Sib. otd-nie. BKNII. -Ulan-Ude , 1959. - Vyp. 1. - C. 127-130
