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In sites of the Okhotsk culture, bone, tooth and antler pierced disks were
excavated. Some archaeologists used these disks for research on the transition of patterns from the Okhotsk culture to the Ainu culture. And they thought these disks were ornaments of belts referring to ornaments of belts for use by the Kuril Ainu women.
Now, a compilation of these disks has advanced. We need to reexamination of these disks from the perspective of patterns, techniques for making materials, and so on.
This paper takes up 7 disks excavated in the Kawanishi site of the Okhotsk culture, Yubetsu, Hokkaido. And I also introduce a whale tooth cut in half excavated in the same site. This material is an important archaeological fact indicating a process of making whale tooth goods.
As a result, it is turned out that pierced disks excavated in the Kawanishi site were made of whale ribs, whale teeth, Hokkaido deer antlers and these disks were standardized.
