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[Etan Ayalon]

I would try plaiters (with plant material) as well - they were usually looking for soft tools (metal for instance tore the plant strips).
Etan

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From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Alice Choyke
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Dear Etan,
    I am going to run this idea past some actual weavers. It looks like this piece is so worn you won't see any wear beyond those caused by natural forces. For weaving narrow bands people usually use short pointed shuttles - not at all curved. However, I am NOT a weaver of any kind and there are indeed many ways to skin a cat.

Alice


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Etan Ayalon <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il> wrote:


	I guess that when preparing a narrow strip a curved shuttle could be even an advantage, holding it a little bit from above. It would be interesting to check use wear both around the hole and along the blade.Etan 

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	From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of Alice Choyke
	Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:47 AM
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	My problem with it being a weaving shuttle is that it is curved. correct me if I am wrong but it would be very awkward to move it at all between the warp threads. I am wondering why ANTLER was chosen to make a tool that could be easily produced on cattle rib - much more work involved this way.
	
	Alice
	
	
	On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Etan Ayalon <etana at eretzmuseum.org.il> wrote:
	

		Dear Olivier,
		This nice object looks like a weaving shuttle. Exact parallels were used in Israel since the Neolithic period (6th-5th millenia BCE). cf.: 
		Bar Yosef, Ofer. 1988. Nahal Hemar Cave ('Atiqot Series). Israel Antiquities Authority. Jerusalem (Neolithic).
		Bar Adon, Pesah. 1980. The Cave of the Treasures, The Finds from the Caves in Nahal Mishmar. Israel Exploration Society. Jerusalem (Chalcolithic). Good photo of the same: Ayalon, Etan and Sorek, Chagit. 1999. Bare Bones, Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones (Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum). Tel Aviv, Fig. 27.
		And so on, it has not changed in many periods.
		Sincerely yours
		Etan Ayalon
		Israel  

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		From: bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of PUTELAT Olivier
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		Dear colleagues, we found on the settlement of Erstein (late bronze age), located near Strasbourg (Alsace, France), an antler artefact (photos attached). The dimensions are as follows: 

		- length 165 mm

		- width 26 mm 

		- thickness: 2.3 to 2.4 mm 

		- diameter hole: 5.5 mm 

		Does somebody have an idea of the possible function of this object? Thanks in advance. Sincerely yours. OP.

		 

		 

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