[Bonetools] neolithic human teeth as personal ornaments

[François Poplin]

Dear Heidy Luik,

till recently, it was not possible for me to open files of pictures as 
your's here. My e-mail system has been changd/renewed, allowing me to 
visit now those things.

It seems to me that the tooth of Loona  (on the left) is an upper 
incisor (Nr 2 rather than Nr 1) of bear. Ist the root rather flat in 
section ?

Of course, it would be easier with the thing in hand..

Yours faithfully.



Heidi Luik a écrit :
> Dear Fotis,
> I do not know if you are interested in finds from so distant region. 
> But there are some finds in the Eastern Baltic, in Estonia (one 
> pendant in Loona) and Latvia (two pendants in Zvejnieki). As 
> attachment is added a page from the powerpoint presentation at WBRG 
> meeting in Wroclaw:
> Heidi Luik and Mirja Ots. From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age: 
> continuity and changes of bone artefacts in Saaremaa, Estonia. /7th 
> International Meeting of the ICAZ Worked Bone Research Group/, 
> Wroclaw, 7th-11th of September 2009.
> There you can find pictures of these finds and the name of publication 
> where Latvian finds are published.
> Best wishes,
> Heidi Luik
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> At 22:35 19.10.2009, you wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am writing an article on human teeth used as jewelry, since I have 
>> two examples in my assemblage -the Neolithic lakeside settlement at 
>> Dispilio, Greece- a mollar and and milk-tooth, used as pendant and 
>> beads respectively. I have found all the known other instances 
>> (paleo-chalcolithic) were human teeth are used as ornaments, but 
>> still, I may be missing quite a lot.
>> I am sending you a pdf file with  the Dispilio human teeth, a map with 
>> all the other instances, and a bibliography and catalog of them. (if 
>> this is not applicable through the mailing list, do send me a e-mail)
>>
>> Any help will be appreciated!
>>
>> Fotis
>>
>> http://visualizing-neolithic.blogspot.com 
>> <http://visualizing-neolithic.blogspot.com/>
>> http://theotheracropolis.com <http://theotheracropolis.com/>
>> http://kalaureiainthepresent.org <http://kalaureiainthepresent.org/>
>> http://spondylus.wordpress.com <http://spondylus.wordpress.com/>
>>
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