[Bonetools] bird from bone

[Pavel Kosintsev]

Hello Poplin,

Thursday, August 18, 2011, 11:25:43 AM, you wrote:

 Dear all,
 this is the third phalanx of a lion.
 best, Pavel Kosintsev



pmf> Dear all,

pmf> it's the very first time I see such a thing ! An engraved third  
pmf> phalanx (for the claw) of lion or bear (I am on vacation, I have not  
pmf> comparative collection...) I would say rather lion, but one have to be
pmf> cautious : some bear's 3rd ph. could have such a big developpement of
pmf> the thin part which covers the base of the claw. And this is not so  
pmf> far waway from the mychenian/archaïc lion discveries of Greece  
pmf> (Thyrins, for instance for mycenian times, and I have identified Lion
pmf> both in Delphi and Tegea - this one not that far from Nemea...).

pmf> That was the "firt aid".

pmf> Have you, Márta Tassi, lion/bear bones in your excavation ? elsewhere
pmf> in the neighbourhood ?

pmf> Márta Tassi <hadarcska at yahoo.co.uk> a écrit :

>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>> This bone bird
>> came to light from a pit from the Chalcolitic period (Furchenstich  
>> culture) in
>> Hungary. Do you know any parallels? 
>> I haven?t any idea what kind of bone was
>> used. Thank you for your suggestion.
>>
>> Best regards,Marta Daroczi-Szabo
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>
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 Pavel                            mailto:kpa at ipae.uran.ru