[Bonetools] protohistoric object

[MARQUEBIELLE Benjamin]

Hello !
Does anybody have an idea about the type or function of this object ? It's an 
young pig phalanx, with use wear traces on the internal face, covered by oblique 
striations. It comes from large protohistoric site (possible marketplace) of 
Toulouse, in the south of France  (II-I° century BC). About 20 objects was 
found, a majority made of pig phalanxes (young or not) and only two made of 
bovid pahlanxes. Use wear is always located on the same face, with different use 
degree and some objetcs are perforated on the proximal face. We thought about a 
kind of smoother (in relation with potery ? metal ?) but objects are realy small 
and found in various contexts (more often in wells full of rubbish).
Thanks a lot and best regards

 Marquebielle Benjamin
PhD student TRACES laboratory - UMR 5608
5, rue du pont Guilheméry
31000 Toulouse
tel : 06 71 33 61 52
e-mail : benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr
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