[Bonetools] bone with holes

[François Poplin]

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I tried to check the two distributions (as well as possible with these 
images), in the 4 relative positions, and there is no "parallelism" (if 
it were notes on a musical score, it would give "something between 
Clementine and the Cuccaracha", as writes G. Orwell). The fact is that 
it's very similar to distribution of holes on a worm-eaten wood. This 
washes out the hypothesis of piercing through the whole bone (as it can 
be observed on strainers, for instance bone strainers to drink (not 
cleared) beer). And this leads to the idea that the so-called drilled 
are not drilled at all, what I would have seen at first glimpse on the 
piece itself.

The chorological aspect of such holes is very interesting in itself in 
terms of validation of sense ; I am thinking here from borings on antic 
buildings tor fixing bronze letters (which may allow to reconstruct the 
text) - I was yesterday at Soissons, deeply wounded during World War 1, 
looking at squall impact.on the church - to the distribution of 
dots/eyes on dice, for instance (maybe I come to that some day).




Haskel Greenfield a écrit :
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> Hi. Colleagues have found a human bone from Tel es-Safi, area F, in 
> Israel, dated to the Ottoman period (most probably). It has some holes 
> that look as if they were drilled from the inside of the bone's 
> cortex. They were not drilled from the outer face since complete 
> diameters are visible only from inside. Therefore, it seems they were 
> probably made by some sort of insect. they are not from roots or human 
> drilling. Has anyone ever see such holes or know what made them?
>
> thanks
>
> Best
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> */[Haskel Greenfield/*
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