[Bonetools] worn scapulae

[Sandra Olsen]

Dear Etan:
Yes, but if you try to replicate it, it takes a long time and much use.
Some rodents and primates that groom their fur with their teeth get similar
wear, even through enamel.  And, somewhere I saw a modern journal on cloth
manufacturing that showed wear on metal factory needles that was similar.
Cheers,
Sandi Olsen


On 11/23/07 9:50 AM, "Etan Ayalon" <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il> wrote:

> 
> 
> OK, European objects are probably very different sometimes from ours here in
> the desert. But do you really think an organic thread (either from flora or
> fauna) could make such grooves on a
> 
> bone? 
> By the way, do you stop once in a year to think about our ancestors who needed
> weeks (when lucky) to deliver a message to a friend abroad?
> 
> Etan 
> 
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> ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.
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> Subject: RE: [Bonetools] worn scapulae
>  
> Dear Etan, 
>     I can't speak for Rosie's scapulae but the tools from Slovenia have
> grooves which are very rounded, very different from true cut marks. All the
> edges are very rounded indicating extemely intense use.
> 
> Alice 
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