No. | 34 |
Description | Stone balls |
Site | Tokoro-chashi Site Okhotsk Locality: on the floor of Pit House 7b |
Size (cm) | D. 3.5 |
Period | Late stage of Okhotsk culture |
Date | 8-9th century |
Possessor | Tokoro Research Laboratory |
Comment | Stone tools created by making sandstone spherical. This kind of stone tools with a diameter of 3-6 centimeters is evident in the Okhotsk culture. These are considered to be a gaming stone used with a slingshot or as a weight attached to ropes like a bola. |