[Bonetools] Worked Bronze Age sheep femur

[François Poplin]

Indeed, the edge, rim seems as "micro-flaked" as from such pressures. 
And : the distal part of such a bone is very appropriate as a handle, to 
"stamp", you know. Nothing on the articular surface ? not any impacts ?

Your's.

Alice Choyke a écrit :
> Dear Lena - and to add to what François suggests - if this circular 
> edge is an active edge then you really need to send an acetate strip 
> copy of it to someone who studies micro-use wear on bone because clay 
> should leave a different signature from leather for example. I could 
> imagine that if this is a tool used to make a repeated circle ornament 
> it could also have been used to incise designs on leather or bark! I 
> need hardly add that France has a number of very talented specialists 
> in bone use wear so you don't very far to go.
>
> Alice
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:13 AM, François Poplin <poplin at mnhn.fr 
> <mailto:poplin at mnhn.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Miss,
>
>     my very first impression is.. don't you have any circular
>     impression on ware, clay, etc. ?
>
>     Your's.
>
>     Lena Strid a écrit :
>
>         Dear all,
>
>         I have the distal half of a sheep femur from a Bronze Age
>         deposit at a site just outside London. I'm not so good at
>         prehistoric worked bone, and I hope you could help me identify
>         its function.
>
>         The bone has been sawn off horisontally at mid-shaft. The edge
>         is smooth (with an exception for a jagged part of the lateral
>         side). Unfortunately the bone surface is badly eroded, and I
>         can't tell whether there have been any polished areas on the
>         shaft itself.
>
>
>         http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/A13MoversLane-cxt5158-Sheepfemur1_5.jpg
>
>         Let me know if you need more photos.
>
>         thanks in advance
>         /Lena
>
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