[Bonetools] help with bone artefact

[Christian Küchelmann]

Hi Sonia,

I am shooting with long bows as well and I know pretty well what you  
mean, as it is a very unpleaseant experience when the string  
eventually gets stuck behind the wrist guard let alone that it can be  
dangerous for the archer. Nevertheless there are definite bone wrist  
guards from earlier than the Islamic periods. And I remember having  
asked myself the same question: Don't they imply the danger of  
catching the string? I will try to find pictures of examples and we  
may discuss if there are misinterpretations of those objects.  
Unfortunately I will leave for a ten days holidays tommorrow so I  
will have to postpone this search for the time after my return.

Best

Christian
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Am 15.04.2009 um 14:46 schrieb S O'Connor:

> Dear Marta and Hans,
>
> As an archer, all the wrist guards I have worn (admittedly in  
> stiffened
> leather) are thin and curved to tightly follow the contours of the  
> lower
> arm.  They are designed so as not to present any edges or angles on  
> which
> the bow string might catch when it is released. I don't think this  
> object
> could function in that way.
>
> Sonia
>
> Dr Sonia O'Connor FSA FIIC ACR
> Research Fellow in Conservation
> Archaeological Sciences, Division of AGES
>
> University of Bradford
> Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP
>
> Tel 01274 236498 (office), Tel 01274 235210 (lab.), Fax 01274 235190
>
>
> X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Materials by Sonia  
> O'Connor and
> Mary BrooksCheck it out at
> http://books.elsevier.com/uk//Elsevier/uk/subindex.asp? 
> maintarget=&isbn=0750
> 666323
>
>
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> [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Christian
> Küchelmann
> Sent: 15 April 2009 13:32
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> research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler.  
> ivory and
> horn.
> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] help with bone artefact
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> my first idea was an armplate of a bowyer to protect your lower arm
> from the bowstring (can't remember the correct term in english). I
> remember that I saw similar ones in the exhibition "Furusuiyya –
> Chevaliers en Pays d'Islam" in the Institute du Monde Arab in Paris
> (http://www.imarabe.org/).
>
> Yours
>
> Christian
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>
> Hans Christian Küchelmann
> Diplom-Biologe
>
> Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany
> tel: +421 - 61 99 177
> fax: +421 - 37 83 540
> mail: info at knochenarbeit.de
> web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de
>
>
>
>
> Am 15.04.2009 um 12:47 schrieb Marta Moreno:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>> Please, find enclosed several pictures of a bone artefact/tool
>> dated to the Islamic period (11th-12th centuries AD) found in
>> recent excavations in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is not a
>> single piece. So far I have three more identical specimens
>> recovered from two other Portuguese localities.
>>
>>
>> I have not been able to find any parallels, so I would appreciate
>> any help or clues about their possible function.
>>
>>
>> Three of the four specimens are manufactured on cattle metatarsal,
>> the fourth one was fashioned from cattle radius. They are very
>> similar in size: approx. 14 cm. As you can see they present two
>> small holes on the anterior face of the bone which is highly
>> polished. The back of the bone was roughly cut at both ends to give
>> it a triangular shape. The edges are also smoothed.
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your help!
>>
>> Marta
>>
>>
>>
>> Dra. Marta Moreno García
>>
>> Laboratório de Arqueozoologia
>>
>> IGESPAR
>>
>> Av da Índia 136, Lisboa 1300-300
>>
>> Portugal
>>
>> e-mail: mmoreno at igespar.pt
>>
>> Tel: 00 351 21 361 65 57
>>
>> Fax: 00 351 21 361 65 59
>>
>>
>> <BCP 3.jpg><BCP 1.jpg><BCP 2.jpg>
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