[Bonetools] Worked Dog and Fox Bone?

[Tina Fulton]

I want to thank everyone who responded to my question on worked dog or fox
bone.
Dog tooth pendants seem to be popular in many places based on much of the
information sent to me.


On 6/21/07, Jesper Ostergaard <jesperostergaard at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> 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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-- 
Tina Fulton
M.A. Candidate
Graduate Student
Department of Anthropology
California State University,
Los Angeles
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Statistical Research Inc.
Assistant Faunal Analyst
Worked Bone Analyst
Field Crew Chief
Survey and Excavation
Lab Technician
tfulton at sricrm.com
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