Early Iron Age Archer’s Finger Tab from the Eastern Amur Region

Early Iron Age Archer’s Finger Tab from the Eastern Amur Region

S.P. Nesterov.

The article presents the results of an examination of a stone artifact with an opening, originally described as a burnisher. The shape and use-wear analyses of this artifact suggest that it is a tab worn to protect the archer’s thumb.

Keywords: Eastern Amur region, Early Iron Age, Uril culture, Poltse culture, archery, tab.