Sungir, Russia, Central Ural Mountains. A mammoth-hunting culture buries a man of about 50 years old, covered in mammoth ivory bead necklaces—about 3,000 beads in total—and fox teeth. Also buried are two skeletons, a boy and a girl, lying head to head. The boy is covered with 5,000 mammoth ivory beads, a fox fur headdress, and a belt with 250 fox teeth (at least 60 foxes must have been hunted to obtain them). The girl is adorned with 5,250 mammoth ivory beads. At least 7,500 hours of delicate work must have been required to complete this funerary preparation.
