[Bonetools] antler object from Iron Gates

[SIDERA Isabelle]

Hello everybody, I agree with Noelle. I could see this tool in Early  
Chalcolithic, eastern Europe. 3 may be 4 reasons :  1. the general  
presentation of the artifact is very close to Karanovo VI and  
Cucuteni artifacts. 2. The perforation seems to be done with a  
special dispositive (tige creuse…), common in Karanovo VI (begins in  
Karanovo V in Bulgaria) and western Europe at the same cultural  
level. 3. The natural relief of the antler might have been removed  
(like they do in Karanovo also : to be checked in Cucuteni). 4. The  
small round holes around the perforation : are they a decoration or  
just accident of conservation ?
If they are decoration they correspond also to bulgarian Early  
Chalcolithic examplars (and Cucuteni?). Isabelle

Le 30 avr. 10 à 16:02, Noelle Provenzano a écrit :

> Hi everyone,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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…).
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> 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.
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> Noëlle
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> De : bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [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
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> 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.
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> Alice
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> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, <PajX at aol.com> wrote:
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> Dear Selena
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> 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.
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> Such pieces have also be identified as other tools. You might find  
> this site of interest.
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> http://www.donsmaps.com/tools.html
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> I'd love to hear more about the find context.
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> best
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> Pam Cross
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> PhD researcher, AGES
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> University of Bradford
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