[Bonetools] bone tool from Iron Age

[Sandra Olsen]

Dear Alex:
First, thank you for all your hard work  on the wonderful WBRG conference!
We really appreciate all that you did to contribute to its success!


We have rodent (beaver, marmot, and souslik) mandibles in which the incisor
is used, presumably, as an engraving tool or small chisel. It seems that
they could have used the pig tooth in the same way.  The caprine radius
would be easier to hold than the whole pig jaw, I imagine.   It is a very
interesting tool. Can you see any unusual wear on the tooth itself?

Cheers,

Sandi

Sandra L. Olsen, Ph.D.
Full Curator of Anthropology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
O'Neil Research Center
5800 Baum Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
 
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Email: olsens at carnegiemnh.org



On 9/10/07 10:31 AM, "a.legrand at free.fr" <a.legrand at free.fr> wrote:

> Dear all,
> I am looking for information on this artefact (see picture). It is a suide
> incisive which is inserted in a caprine radius; It was found in
> Corquilleroy/Treilles-en-Gâtinais (Loiret), a french site dated from the first
> Iron Age (Late Hallstatt D3).
> Any suggestion will be welcomed
> Thank you for your help
> All the best
> Alexandra Legrand Pineau
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