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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">nsc</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Archaeology, Ethnology &amp; Anthropology of Eurasia</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1563-0110</issn><publisher><publisher-name>IAET SB RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17746/1563-0110.2022.50.4.039-048</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">nsc-1557</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕК</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Ceramic “Necklace”: A Neolithic Ritual Artifact from the Lower Amur</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-0364</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Medvedev</surname><given-names>V. E.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Leading Researcher</p><p>pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">medvedev@archaeology.nsc.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>05</day><month>01</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>50</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>39</fpage><lpage>48</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Medvedev V.E., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Medvedev V.E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Medvedev V.E.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1557">https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1557</self-uri><abstract><p>This article continues a series of publications presenting the results of excavations, at sites exceptionally rich in archaeological finds associated with several Neolithic cultures, at Suchu !sland in the Lower Amur region. We descriЬe rare ritual sculptures, mostly bird-like and animal-like, from a sanctuary in a dwelling associated with the Malyshevo culture (late 5th to early 4th millennia ВC). The most important of them is a "necklace" found in a small pit. We propose a reconstruction of the artifact. !t included 17 tiny items-eight vessels, five figurines of Ьirds (auks), and four douЬle- ended phalli, each with a seal head at one end. All the items are pierced, suggesting that they were strung together. Such a "necklace" may have Ьelonged to a shaman or sorcerer, who was in charge of the sanctuary. This suggestion is upheld Ьy other ritual or ceremonial artifacts found in the same dwelling-stone laЬrets, which, as the ethnographic data suggest, could be fastened to decorative masks, and a ceremonial jug evidently destined for stimulating or intoxicating drinks. An important ritual role was likely played Ьy a female figurine, found near the "necklace" and possiЬly depicting a progenitress, bringing wealth.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Lower Amur</kwd><kwd>Neolithic</kwd><kwd>dwelling</kwd><kwd>sanctuary</kwd><kwd>Malyshevo culture</kwd><kwd>"necklace"</kwd><kwd>ritual items</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study was carried out under the project "Diversity and Continuity in the Development of Cultures in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the Medieval Period in the Far Eastern and Pacific Regions of Eurasia" (FWZG-2022-0004).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Brodyansky D.L. 2012 Vodnaya fauna v drevnem iskusstve Primorya. In Arkheologo-etnograficheskiye issledovaniya Severnoy Yevrazii: Ot artefaktov k prochteniyu proshlogo. 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