[Bonetools] Antler find from Talybont beach Merionnydd, Wales

[Julie Byrd]

Hello Sian,

You may find this recent article useful.  I would attach the PDF, but I'm
not sure if that's allowed since I didn't write it.


Jin, Jennie J.H., and Pat Shipman

2010  Documenting natural wear on antlers:  A first step in identifying
use-wear on purported antler tools.  *Quaternary International*211(1-2):91-102.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618209001955

Julie Byrd


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Alice Choyke <h13017cho at iif.hu> wrote:

> I just want to remind everyone  that although antler has to be brought to a
> site though human intercession the deer themselves have no trouble producing
> beautiful smooth crowns like these. the walls of the Agricultural Museum in
> Budapest are filled with trophies that have lovely crowns just like these.
> If as it seems the surfaces are somewhat eroded you are going to have a
> tough time showing that this object was ever used as a p'ick' or some such
> object. However, I am open to other ideas...
>
> Alice
>
>   On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Sian <sian.beecroft at virgin.net> wrote:
>
>>  **
>> Hi,
>>
>> Someone I work with at the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust has had this piece
>> of antler shown to them that was recovered from peat deposits on Tal y bont
>> beach Llanaber, Wales.  He's got to give it back to the owner soon but I was
>> wondering if anyone has any suggestions/comments.
>>
>> Mesolithic and Bronze Age finds have been made in the area, and there is
>> a chance it came from the clay deposits that lie below the peat instead.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sian
>>
>>
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