A spoon
An elongated flattened item with a sub-triangular handle. The reservoir is elongated, wide, and slightly concave. The director of the excavations considered this item as a spoon made of antler. It was found on the right side of the buried man, below the pelvic bones.
Manufacturing technique
The handle and the reservoir are made with scraping. The handle contour is treated with a knife.
Use-wear traces
There are some traces of damage (nibbles). Also there are some traces of surface grinding.
Storage location
The museum of BSC SB RASInventory number
172Size
Length - 118,42 mm
Width (in the middle area) - 31,57 mm
Thickness - 4,58 mm
Material
AntlerDating
5000 - 8000 years BPCulture
NeolithicThe author of the excavations
Konovalov P.B.1967
Publications
Lbova L.V. Pogrebal'nye kompleksy neolita - rannego bronzovogo veka Zabajkal'ya (formirovanie arhetipov pervobytnoj kul'tury) / L.V. Lbova, E.D. ZHambaltarova, V.P. Konev. - Novosibirsk: Izd-vo Instituta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2008. - 248 S.
