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Yana RHS Bone and Ivory Artifacts

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Perforated Plaques and Ivory Shafts
Decorated Bone and Ivory Objects from Rana RHS

Decorated Bone and Ivory Objects from Rana RHS

Courtesy Vladimir V. Pitulko and Antiquity

Figure Caption: Decorated objects: A–D) ivory diadems (hair or head-band ornaments); E) fragment of a decorated object; F–H, L) needles and needle fragments with ownership marks; I & J) thin ivory shafts with circum incisions; K) ivory plaque with anthropomorphic image; M) an awl with regular incisions on the laterals; N) wolf (?) bone with spiral design.

Over forty flat perforated plaques or fragments recovered from the site are interpreted by the researchers as hair-bands or "diadems", a handful of which are illustrated as A-D. These are all plano-convex in cross-section with conical or biconical perforations; they are also decorated with a linear arrangement of dots and strokes.

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