[Bonetools] Scapula tools

[h13017cho at helka.iif.hu]

Dear Lionel,
     I definitely have a cattle scapula just as you describe (see attachment) from Zeytinli Bahce 
on the Turkish side of the border with Syria on the Euphrates. It comes from the EBI or II 
levels. I also assume it is a scoop of some time. It is rather a logical form - function for this 
particular skeletal element.

Best,
Alice



Dear Colleagues,


I recently found several worked scapulas of caprines (and one of 
Bos) among the faunal remains from the Early Bronze levels of 
Tell Qarassa, in southern Syria. 
Almost systematically, the distal part of the scapula seems to 
have been used for scraping something: the shape of this part is 
straight, the edge is smooth and oblique in cross-section. 
Moreover, the neck and the lateral side of the bones look 
sometimes polished (from handling probably), and the spine was 
intentionally removed in some cases. 
The study of the animal bones is in progress. As a non-specialist 
about bone industry, I would like to know if this kind of tool has 
been observed elsewhere in the Near East for the Bronze Age 
period. 
Personally I already found scapulas used as tools (probably also 
for scraping) in two Neolithic sites (Mentese in western Turkey 
and Tell Seker al Aheimar in northern Syria), but does anyone 
have information for more recent periods ?

Thanks by advance for you help,

Lionel



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Lionel Gourichon - CEPAM / UMR 6130 (CNRS) - Sophia Antipolis - 250 rue A. Einstein - F-
06560 Valbonne - +33 (0)4 93 95 41 34
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