[Bonetools] Neolithic Bone objects

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Mirja,

The surface of these bones reminds me forcibly of artifacts from the marsh
at Ljubljana barja. These had mostly been excavated in the first half of
the 20th century and were coated with something or other to preserved
them.  Is this the case with these tools? Before anyone says anything it
would be useful to know what if any conservator interventions have happened
to them.

Alice
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Heidi Luik <heidi.luik at mail.ee> wrote:

>  Dear all,
> My colleague Mirja Ots asked me to forward to the list a question about
> bone objects from the Neolithic site of Tamula. Please send answer to the
> list and to her e-mail address also.
> Thank you in advance,
> Heidi
>
> From the Tamula settlement site in South Estonia, dated to 3100–1650 BC
> (from the same site burials dating from 4700–3400 BC have been discovered)
> more than a hundred bone fragments with transverse grooves have been found.
> The bones are mostly split long bones and the grooves spread in a fan
> shape. So far archaeologists have suggested that these are artefacts used
> for straining or spooling cord made from tendons.
> We would be very grateful for any parallels and suggestions about their
> function.
> Thank you in advance!
> Mirja Ots mirja.ots at tlu.ee
>
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