[Bonetools] neolithic archer's rings

[Alice Choyke]

Still, in a world where money poured into archaeology (dream on) I think it
would be worth dreaming up a collaborative project with archery experts for
experimentation and a use wear expert for checking on the different kinds
of wear - it would be a fabulous paper!

A.


On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Fotis Ifantidis <fotisif at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Alice,
> I absolutely agree on the multifunctions and on our own preconsumptions.
> The bone "ring" (and not always "finger-ring") assemblage of Dispilio is
> unique for the neolithic Aegean, and consequently difficult to approach.
> Nevertheless, some of the larger rings do bear signs that could be
> interpreted as wear gained during archery (e.g. some vertical
> discolorations on the surface). Of course I am not a use-wear specialist,
> but my question here is whether there *are *any other neolithic cases of
> possible archer's rings.
>
> f.
>
>
> 2013/5/13 Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.hu>
>
>> Dear Fotis,
>>     Some of those rings are very suggestive indeed in terms of their
>> morphology. Rings are a great untouched question - probably because we look
>> at them and have immediate associations with decorative finger rings. Some
>> of  the rings you showed could also be closures, or connectors or even (the
>> antler rings) the tops of container stoppers that are filled with a bone
>> plug of some sort. We have a number of those objects in our MBA. I guess
>> though the bottom line is we always have to be careful of assuming that
>> form equals function. Once there is a hypothesis we must turn to our use
>> wear people to start to say something about macro-micro traces from contact
>> and gesture. I myself have learned this the hard way...
>>
>> Alice
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Fotis Ifantidis <fotisif at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Though for years I had the feeling that some of the bone/antler finger
>>> rings from my study material from Neolithic Dispilio (Greece) could be used
>>> as archer’s rings, today I am more that certain…
>>>
>>> Do you know any (published) examples of Neolithic archer’s rings or a
>>> general biblio?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> f.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://auth.academia.edu/FotisIfantidis
>>>
>>> visualizingneolithic.com <http://www.visualizingneolithic.com>
>>> theotheracropolis.com
>>> kalaureiainthepresent.org
>>> spondylus.wordpress.com
>>>
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