[Bonetools] bone tool of the month

[Alice Choyke]

Just the idea is wonderful though!

A.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:43 PM, <spa105 at york.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Anne can tell you better than me, but Orcadian miniature combs are not
> that similr to Heidi’s (at least to my eyes).  See Arthur Mac’s 1985 book.
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> Steve
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> *From:* bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [mailto:
> bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] *On Behalf Of *Alice Choyke
> *Sent:* 26 October 2009 12:12
> *To:* Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study
> of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> *Subject:* Re: [Bonetools] bone tool of the month
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> What kind of miniature combs do you have - that sounds very Estonian to me.
> I am sure Heidi Luik would be interested in them too!
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> Alice
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> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anne Brundle <Anne.brundle at orkney.gov.uk>
> wrote:
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> Hi Alice,
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> Many apologies, here is a comb that is interesting me at the moment. It is
> from the broch at Howe in Stromness, and is described as ‘found in ditch
> deposits’ dating to the early centuries AD (Ballin Smith (ed) 1994, 177).
> This is one of three single-sided one-piece combs in the Orkney Museum (as
> distinct from miniatures), but this one has a very very close parallel from
> Kettleburn in Caithness, and I’m wondering how many more there may be.
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> If anyone is interested, the full excavation report for Howe is available
> online thanks to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
> http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/psas/monograph09.cfm , and the
> comb’s catalogue number is HH 4907.
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> Best wishes
>
> Anne
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> *From:* bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [mailto:
> bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] *On Behalf Of *Alice Choyke
> *Sent:* 25 October 2009 17:33
> *To:* Bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> *Subject:* [Bonetools] bone tool of the month
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>
> Dear colleagues,
>       I am still waiting for all those amazing pictures of bone tool of the
> month for 2010. I need twelve and at the moment only two of you have
> responded with any pictures. It can be an all Hungarian year but that would
> be a pity.
>
> Alice
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