[Bonetools] (Fwd) [ZOOARCH] Use animal bones in mosaic works

[Dr C.M. Hills]

Gaming pieces in early medieval (5th-6thC AD)  cremations in the North Sea 
area- ie Anglo-Saxon England, Frisia-N Germany are small round pieces of 
bone/antler.  they are plan-convex, often with one or more small holes in 
flat surface, occur in assorted numbers from one to many, diameter circa 
1.0-1.5 cm, height .3 -.5 . Sorry no electronic picture- ref to hand is 
Hilsl and Penn 1994, Spong hill Part V East Anglian Archaeology Report no 
67 figs 125-6.
May not be relevant ot this, but are very small gaming pieces of possibly 
approximately contemp date- I dont know what "Byzantine" means in this 
context.
All the best, Catherine Hills

--On Friday, December 5, 2008 00:37 +0100 h13017cho at helka.iif.hu wrote:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>     This is a posting from the Zooarch mialing list  - I would be curious
> to hear from other people who have seen mosaic floors from Late Antique
> or Byzantine contexts. I think these objects sound too small to be gaming
> piece or tokens. Please respond back to the list so we can all see your
> ideas and I will forward the mail to Mohannad as well.
>
> Best,
> Alice
>
> Dear all, Hi! I am working on a worked animal bone assemblage from a
> Byzantine church context. Round bone objects could be reconstructed from
> the bone refuse, with diameters and heights of  ca 0.5-1 cm.   i am
> wondering please about the possibility of their (round bone objects)use
> as mosaic building materials.   i'll be most grateful to any note
> regarding to this subject.   With my warmest regards and thanks in
> advance. Mohammad Al-Zawahra Director of Organic dep. Ministry of tourism
> & Antiquities Bethlehem Palestine
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