Complex research photography of the bison figurine from Zaraysk site: preliminary results

The paper presents some preliminary study results of the bison figurine fromZaraysk Upper Paleolithic site using different photography-based digital imaging techniques. Reflected ultraviolet images revealed the traces loss of a thin layer on the surfaceof ivory and to establish its relationship with polished areas found during technologicalstudies of sculpture (Fig. 1, 3: p. 466). With the help of reflection transformation imagingand digital image analysis the assumption about the nature of the postdeposition formation of black pigment traces on the surface of ivory was confirmed (Fig. 2, 2b). It was alsopossible to distinguish borders of percussion tracks and natural losses (Fig. 3, 2, 3; 4)