[Bonetools] long bone combs

Steven Ashby spa105 at york.ac.uk
Wed May 5 12:31:37 CEST 2010


Hi Marloes,

As I think we discussed, they do not seem to occur in the British
Isles, or are at least very rare.  The closest we have are the
Iron-Age long-handled combs; see work by Tina Tuohy.  Arthur MacGregor
notes their rarity in the UK in his 1985 book.

Steve

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen
<marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Deal all,
>
> I would really like to know if these medieval long bone combs: 1. occur in
> your country; 2. To which period they are dated.
> All references are very welcome too.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Marloes
>
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