[Bonetools] Re : Bone tool debitage

[Christian Gates St-Pierre]

That's right Nerissa, that's why I wonder if there's been any recent research regarding that specific problem, anything beyond the "spiral fracture dabate" for example, or beyond the "human vs animal taphonomic transformations". It may be easy to identify waste productions such as blanks or nearly finished objects that broke during manufacture, but distinguishing a flake or bone splinter resulting from food processing (you mention marrow and grease extraction) and a flake or bone splinter resulting from the first steps in the process of tool manufacture may not be that easy. So, would anyone know about any recent publication or research on that matter? Perhaps it's a bad idea to ask such a question on a Friday night... :-)


Cheers!


Christian Gates St-Pierre

Chercheur invité
Département d'anthropologie
Université de Montréal

Chercheur postdoctoral
Département d'histoire
Université Laval



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 De : Nerissa Russell <nr29 at cornell.edu>
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Really the bigger problem is distinguishing bone tool debitage from other anthropic fractures, such as marrow and bone grease processing.

Nerissa Russell
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY  14853
USA
607-255-6790

From: Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70 at yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70 at yahoo.fr>, "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:57 +0000
To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
Subject: [Bonetools] Bone tool debitage


Hello,

Would anyone know about any recent (post year 2000) publication on the differentiation between natural and anthropic fractures in order to identify the waste elements in the production of bone tools (flakes, debris, etc.), in English or French, and if possible from prehistoric contexts?

Thank you in advance!


Christian Gates St-Pierre

Chercheur invité
Département d'anthropologie
Université de Montréal

Chercheur postdoctoral
Département d'histoire
Université Laval
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