Imitations reflected in jewelry of the upper paleolithic of the Russian plain

Imitations reflected in jewelry pieces and minor arts items appearedat the sites in Europe and Siberia in the Initial Upper Paleolithic and spread during theearly Upper Paleolithic. The aim of such imitations was not only to reproduce the formof some natural features but also the material from which jewelry pieces were made.In this case copying of the form of natural features and the look (color, texture) of rawmaterials is not always explained by a shortage or absence of originals to be imitated.Jewelry made from amber, canine teeth of the deer, polar fox, etc. imitating some featureshave been found on the Russian Plain. Despite regional specifics in selecting animalspecies, whose teeth were used to make jewelry or which were imitated by jewelrypieces, a general European tendency of using predominantly canine teeth of the deerand polar fox/fox to make jewelry is traced down quite easily at the sites dated to theInitial Upper Paleolithic and the early and the middle periods of the Upper Paleolithicof the Russian Plain.