MOBILE ART OF THE STONE AGE OF KAMCHATKA

• DOI: 10.14258/msapea.2023.3.55
• Publication Date: 2023-12-08T18:53:20Z
• Authors: PONKRATOVA I.
• Keywords: Sculpture; Stone Age; Flake; Upper Paleolithic

When studying objects of mobile art in the Stone Age Kamchatka, it was assumed that most ancient artifacts were personal ornamentation (~final Paleolithic, 13.3-12.5 thousand years ago, 12.0-10.1 ago). These are beads and pendants made pyrophyllite, agalmatolite, amber, quartzite, slate sculpture Neolithic (~7.8-4.5 ago - beginning 2nd millennium AD), while throughout entire period artist depicted figurines fish. Various zoomorphic sculptures (whales, seals, bears, deer, dogs, foxes) appeared Middle era (~4000-1500 This is probably due to formation a new fauna at time. During same period, anthropomorphic made. The stone figures local rocks (obsidian, flint, chalcedony, basalt) with flake technology sharp retouching. could be used ritual activities, depict characters from Itel'men myths.