Вадим СтепанчукOleksandr NaumenkoV. V. Tysliuk2026-03-222026-03-22202510.15407/archaeologyua2025.04.005https://doi.org/10.15407/archaeologyua2025.04.005https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/78547The article examines flint artefacts with traces of pigment discovered in 1993 in layer II of the Zaskelna V site (Crimea), focusing on one specimen with rare incomplete potlid-like cracking and associated ochrerich residues. An initial hypothesis that the cracking was caused by heated pigment-containing adhesive was not supported experimentally. Instead, the scar likely resulted from localised sudden cooling, while the pigment adhered later to the surface damage, though their precise relationship remains unclear.PigmentCrackingChemistryLayer (electronics)Adhesivearticle