[Bonetools] neolithic archer's rings

[Fotis Ifantidis]

I am so awake at this moment, unfortunatelly....




2013/5/13 Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.hu>

> 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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