[Bonetools] Worked Dog and Fox Bone?

[Jesper Ostergaard]

Dear Katherine
I must admit I did not read your article yet, but one
question puzzle me.
I think it is very interesting, that you find dog
bones more common among worked bones, compared to the
general mass.
 But it is the same with other animals; are other
worked bone material, from other species, the same
common.Are the dogs really that distintive. Is there
also a difference from eaten to worked bone animals.
--- "Katherine M. Moore" <kmmoore at sas.upenn.edu>
wrote:


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Dear Tina,
In Formative sites in highland Bolivia (1500 b.c. to
A.D. 500), dog bonesare more common in the assemblages
of worked bone than in the generalassemblage of large
mammal bone, suggesting a special symbolicrelationship
between the identity of the bone and the pieces that
aremanufactured.  The objects manufactured are often
bone tubes orbeads.  I have a number of the blanks
(the snapped-off articularend) which can be identified
as canid, but I am not sure if I have everseen the
bead/tube, since they would have lost their
diagnosticcharacters.  No implements per se; no awls,
no canine teeth orpendants. 

This is a general reference to a large Formative
sample so you can seethe diversity of forms, but
doesn't deal specifically with yourquestion:
Moore, Katherine
1999  Chiripa Worked Bone and Bone Tools.   In
Hastorf, C,ed. Early Settlement at Chiripa, Bolivia:
Research of the TaracoArchaeological Project. 
Contributions of the University ofCalifornia
Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, No.
57:73-94

Good luck 
Kate Moore

 At 09:33 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote:
Hi everyone,
I hope your conference plans are going smoothly...

I have a question.  Does anyone know of any instances
in which dogor fox
bone were used to make an artifact?  I have not
observed ANYmodified dog
or fox bone where I am (southern California).  If dog
bone was notused to
make  objects or tools elsewhere, then this could
besignificant.

If you know of any sources on this subject, please let
me know.




Tina Fulton
MA Candidate
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
California State University,
Los Angeles
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Statistical Research Inc.
Assistant Faunal Analyst
Worked Bone Analyst
Archaeological Crew Chief
Field Survey and Excavation
Lab Technician
tfulton at sricrm.com
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Phone: 909-522-6366
TinaMarieFulton at gmail.com


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