[Bonetools] Wear traces on bone tools

Wed Mar 17 13:14:18 CET 2010

Hello to everyone.

I'm preparing my Master dissertation, dealing with traceology in bone tools,
using experimental methods over soft animal materials (leather and whool
mainly).  Talking with several microanalists, we were in agree about the
requirement of three main issues:

a)The requirement of a large data base with high resolution pictures, as
result of experimental activities over diferent materials and with different
magnification.

b) The documentation over Activities, not just time of activity (we can
agree about the uselessness of time in the traceological production in one
determined bone tool). 100 repetitions, 200 hundred, etc...

c) The use of high resolution casts (or if it's possible ESEM microscopes)
to take control of the marks at diferent stages. i.e. If we will perforate a
leather with a metapodial awl doing 100 repetitions, take good resolution
pictures each 25 times. Then, we will be able to identificate the formation
process of polishes, microchipping, striations, etc.

Personally, I will try to create a web page (maybe a Flickr, considering the
good quality of the pictures, and simplicity) with my thesis pictures, with
Creative Commons licence... maybe is usefull for someone, specialy in
latinamerica or africa, where is harder for us to get access to Journals and
publications.

Best Wishes to everyone

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> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:32:26 +0100
> From: Alice Choyke <h13017cho at iif.hu>
> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Wear traces on bone tools
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>        study of        object and waste of bone,       antler. ivory and
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> I wish our French colleagues and their French-trained students would take
> part in this debate on 'blind' testing. They, like Genny Lemoine, Sandra
> Olsen, Janet Griffitts and Cristian St.Gates in North America,  have been
> collectively involved in various manufacturing and use wear studies using
> high magnifications (binocular and metalurgical microscopes). There is a
> big
> difference between looking at the macro-wear at low (20X) magnifications
> and
> the deep examination of wear patterns at high magnification in terms of the
> reliability of the interpretation in my opinion (high magnification is
> clearly superior). I am also standing at the side-lines in this debate
> however. I do think it is important not to jump into camps about this issue
> but it should be addressed for the future comfort of all  of us.
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> Alice
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> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Anne Brundle
> <Anne.brundle at orkney.gov.uk>wrote:
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> > I don't know the answer, but I was just thinking about the same question
> > this weekend. My feeling is that many interpretations of wear on bone
> > tools are based on the three elements of (i)surface shine (ii)rounding
> > on edges and (iii)presence and direction of striations, and then on
> > whether the wear is 'light', 'normal' or 'heavy'. These value terms tend
> > to change, depending what the observer is accustomed to seeing and what
> > they have been looking at most recently, so it becomes difficult to make
> > comparisons between sites.
> >
> > I tend to feel cautious if trace analysis is interpreted too positively,
> > but I would love to hear from people who could make it work - it would
> > be so good!
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Anne
> >
> > Anne Brundle
> > Curator of Archaeology
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu
> > [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Katherine M.
> > Moore
> > Sent: 12 March 2010 17:35
> > To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study
> > ofobjectand waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> > Subject: [Bonetools] Wear traces on bone tools
> >
> > Dear Colleagues:
> >
> > I am seeking general insights (or perhaps opinions) on trace analysis
> > of bone tools. Various studies describe characteristics of traces
> > left on bone by common materials (plant material, hide, soil, etc.).
> > Is there a recent reference which establishes the characteristics of
> > these traces using sytematic studies of modern bone tools? Even more
> > importantly, are there blind tests of identification of worked
> > material on bone tools such as those conducted by Keeley and Newcomer
> > for stone tools? Those blind tests and others which followed have
> > shown that such identifications of worked material on stone tools are
> > probably not reliable. Do bone tool studies have better foundation?
> >
> > Thanks for your help and experience.
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Kate Moore
> > Consulting Scholar
> > University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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> > Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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