[Bonetools] bird from bone

[Elisabeth Ann Stone]

hi all,

There are similar artifacts from the American Southwest, from the site of
Kuaua, for example.   They are engraved and have red pigments, although they
are less figurative.

Beth

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Pavel Kosintsev <kpa at ipae.uran.ru> wrote:

> 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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> Best regards,
>  Pavel                            mailto:kpa at ipae.uran.ru
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-- 
Elisabeth A. Stone, PhD
Visiting Professor
Universidad de las Americas, Puebla
Departamento de Antropología

elisabethastone at gmail.com
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