Let’s groove : Attachment techniques of Eurasian elk (Alces alces) tooth pendants at the Late Mesolithic cemetery Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (Lake Onega, Russia)

• Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
• Main Authors: Mannermaa, Kristiina, Rainio, Riitta, Girya, Evgeny Yu., Gerasimov, Dmitry V.
• Other Authors: Faculty of Arts, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Archaeology, Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Arts), Department of Cultures
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: 615 History and Archaeology; Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; Elk tooth pendants; Ornamentation; Kinships; Social values; GATHERERS; Oleniy; Oleniy Ostrov; Onega; Alces alces; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/338892

More than 4300 Eurasian elk (Alces alces) incisors, most of them pendants, were found in 84 burials in the Late Mesolithic cemetery of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Northwest Russia. We analysed the manufacture techniques of elk teeth (4014), in the collection of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology...