[Bonetools] Mysterious bone objects from Canada

[Christian Gates St-Pierre]

Amy,

Yes, that's a possibility. We know that Iroquoians had many kinds of gaming devices: ceramic tokens, bone cup-and-pin games, various ball games, etc. However, I have never seen an object like this one in any iroquoian bone tool assemblage... Also, the object is broken so it doesn't help in trying to find a possible function...

Thanks for your input! I will definitely further investigate that possibility.

Christian



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 De : "Margaris, Amy V." <amy.margaris at oberlin.edu>
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Hello Christian,
Could the middle (rectangular x-sectioned) object be a gaming piece of some sort?
Amy


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70 at yahoo.fr> wrote:

Hello everyone,
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>I have posted a picture and descriptions of a few bone objects found on an Iroquoian prehistoric site in southern Quebec (Canada) on the «Mystery bonetool» page of the WBRG website (see link below). I know these are somewhat exotic from the european perspective that most of you have, but if anyone has any idea about the possible functions of these objets, please do not hesitate to let me know, any clue would be greatly appreciated!
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>http://www.wbrg.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=20
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