[Bonetools] antler object from Iron Gates

[Noelle Provenzano]

Hi everyone,

For me this object doesn’t smell horses cheek-pieces, nor even element of
horse harness. They are generally more curved, smaller section and with
different perforations.

I think that one should not be focused on the perforation but rather on the
two extremities, especially the smothed bevel. I think that the perforation
is not the active part of the object.

For what I can see, the cut-marks seems made with flint and not with a metal
tool (or a metal tool very very very smothed
).

So, even if I do not know this type of object, I don’t see problem to find
it in Neolithic layer, also Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic.

Noëlle

 

 

 

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[mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] De la part de Alice Choyke
Envoyé : vendredi 30 avril 2010 14:32
À : Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of
object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
Objet : Re: [Bonetools] antler object from Iron Gates

 

Dear Pam (and Selena of course) - this was my first reaction but if it is a
bridle cheek piece it is a VERY primitive one. I actually really doubt that
this piece was used this way.On the other hand the the form of the hafting
hole is very 'bronze-agey'. I was thinking that it might be worthwhile to
take a close look at those cut marks under high magnifications to see what
their profile looks like - were they cut with a flint or a metal blade? That
will tell you whether you have (as I suspect) a stray Middle Bronze Age tool
of some sort. If Noelle is reading this I wonder how this object compares to
her MBA Terremare materials which has every kind of antler tool in it you
can imagine.

Alice

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, <PajX at aol.com> wrote:

Dear Selena

This item looks very much like others which have been identified as bridle
cheek pieces (there's another name, but I'm not awake enough to remember it
at the moment - ps...). Quite an exciting find re aspects of horse
domestication/riding... The grooved wear line seems consistent with this.

Such pieces have also be identified as other tools. You might find this site
of interest.

 

http://www.donsmaps.com/tools.html

 

I'd love to hear more about the find context.

 

best

Pam Cross

PhD researcher, AGES

University of Bradford


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