[Bonetools] Worked Dog and Fox Bone?

[Jörg Schibler]

tfulton at sricrm.com schrieb:
> Hi everyone,
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> I have a question.  Does anyone know of any instances in which dog or fox
> bone were used to make an artifact?  I have not observed ANY modified dog
> or fox bone where I am (southern California).  If dog bone was not used to
> make  objects or tools elsewhere, then this could be significant.
>
> If you know of any sources on this subject, please let me know.
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> Tina Fulton
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> Department of Anthropology
> California State University,
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Dear Tina,
in the swiss neolithic lake dwelling sites dog teeth (mostly canines) 
were used as pendants. This is true for all lake dwelling sites between 
4300 and 2500 BC. Only between 3600 and 3400 BC in the western 
Cortaillod culture and between 3400 and 3200 BC in the eastern Horgen 
culture dog metapodials were used as pendants with a hole in the 
proximal part of the bones.
There are also a few dog ulnae used as simple points between 4300 and 
2500 BC.
During the following bronze age period (2200-850 BC) there are hardly 
any dog bones used as artifacts.

Jörg Schibler


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