[Bonetools] Magdalenian projectile element made from whale bone - Andernach (Germany)

[Michelle Langley]

Thanks Amy! I will read with interest.

Michelle C. Langley
Institute of Archaeology
University of Oxford

On 26/03/2013, at 4:02 AM, "Margaris, Amy V." <amy.margaris at oberlin.edu> wrote:

> Michelle: I very much look forward to reading your article.
> Continuing along a somewhat similar thread, here is a new paper on the uses of whale bone (and other osseous materials) for technological purposes.  The case study is from sub-arctic Alaska where cetacean bone is, by contrast, readily available.
> Enjoy,
> Amy
> 
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Michelle Langley <michelle.langley at stx.ox.ac.uk<mailto:michelle.langley at stx.ox.ac.uk>> wrote:
> Dear everyone,
> 
> In 2008, Jean-Marc Pétillon reported the discovery of implements manufactured from whale bone in the Middle - Late Magdalenian assemblage from Isturitz (Pyrenees). Since then, implements made from this rare marine raw material have been identified in a number of other sites located throughout the Pyrenees.
> 
> Attached is a recently published paper which I hope you will find interesting and/or useful. In it the identification of an implement manufactured from whale bone in the southern German site of Andernach-Martinsberg is reported.
> 
> Hope all is going well with your research!
> 
> Thanks,
> Michelle.
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