No. | 35 |
Description | Stone weight |
Site | Tokoro-chashi Site Okhotsk Locality: on the floor of Pit House 8 |
Size (cm) | L. 19 |
Period | Late stage of Okhotsk culture |
Date | 8-9th century |
Possessor | Tokoro Research Laboratory |
Comment | A weight made of conglomerate with a hole and a groove to which to fasten a rope. Weighs about 2.5 kilograms. This kind of large weight with a hole and groove is specific to the Okhotsk culture, and it is thought to have been used for fishing for large benthic fish or for net fishing. |