Identification of mineral raw materials of stone artifacts from the Neolithic sites of Primorye: complementary synchrotron, electron microscopic, mass spectrometric and other studies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24866/1997-2857/2022-4/34-49Keywords:
historical materials science, synchrotron study, electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, stone artifacts, Neolithic Age of PrimoryeAbstract
The article presents the results of the study of four stone pendants, discovered during the excavations at Boisman-2 and Vetka-2, two Middle Neolithic sites in Primorye (7.5–4.7 thousand years ago). As a result of a comprehensive non-destructive study, which included an analysis of the elemental and phase compositions, as well as the surface morphology of the objects, the authors determined that out of four artifacts, three were made of nephrite (amphibole minerals – tremolite and actinolite), and one was made of calcite.