More than 4300 Eurasian elk (Alces alces) incisors, most of them pendants, were found in 84 burials in the Late Mesolithic cemetery of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Northwest Russia. We analysed the manufacture techniques of elk teeth (4014), in the collection of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, St Petersburg. A striking observation is that the manufacture of these pendants is similar in all burials. Teeth were worked by carving one or several grooves around the root tip. In addition to grooved ones, a number of teeth were not worked at all. The uniformity of the chosen species, tooth and techniques indicates that strict norms prevailed in the pendant industry. Despite the overall similarity, our study shows some variation in making pendants. A groove can cut the whole circumference of the root, or several distinct grooves can mark opposite sides of the root. Sometimes the grooves are deep and made carefully, and sometimes they are weak and made hastily. A typology of various groove types was created. In many graves, one groove type dominates. We interpret that this inter-burial variation and domination of one type resulted from personal choice and taste based on practicality. Such variation could also be associated with kin identifiers, but we did not find clear support for that in our study. Our study indicates that the groove types as such had no connection with particular ornaments, garments or hanging positions.

超过4300欧亚麋鹿（Alces alces）在俄罗斯西北尤兹尼·奥利尼·奥斯特罗夫（Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov）的中石器时代晚期公墓的84具墓葬中发现了门牙，其中大部分是吊坠。我们在圣彼得堡彼得人类学与民族志大博物馆的藏品中分析了麋鹿牙齿的制造技术（4014年）。一个惊人的发现是，这些吊坠的制造在所有墓葬中都是相似的。通过在根尖周围刻一个或几个凹槽来加工牙齿。除了开槽的牙齿外，许多牙齿根本无法工作。所选种类，牙齿和技术的统一性表明，垂饰行业盛行严格的规范。尽管总体上相似，但我们的研究表明制作吊坠时存在一些差异。凹槽可以切开根部的整个圆周，或者几个不同的凹槽可以标记根部的相对侧。有时，凹槽较深且精心制作，有时则较弱且匆忙制作。创建了各种凹槽类型的类型。在许多坟墓中，一种凹槽类型占主导地位。我们认为，这种埋葬间的变异和一种统治是基于实用性的个人选择和品味。这种变化也可能与亲属标识符有关，但是我们的研究并未对此提供明确的支持。我们的研究表明，凹槽类型与特定的装饰品，衣服或悬挂位置无关。我们认为，这种埋葬间的变异和一种统治是基于实用性的个人选择和品味。这种变化也可能与亲属标识符有关，但是我们的研究并未对此提供明确的支持。我们的研究表明，凹槽类型与特定的装饰品，衣服或悬挂位置无关。我们认为，这种埋葬间的变异和一种统治是基于实用性的个人选择和品味。这种变化也可能与亲属标识符有关，但是我们的研究并未对此提供明确的支持。我们的研究表明，凹槽类型与特定的装饰品，衣服或悬挂位置无关。