[Bonetools] neolithic archer's rings

[Fotis Ifantidis]

I must say that the function of archer's thumb rings is proposed for some
of the rings, especially those that are too big to be worn in other than
the thumbfingers.
On the other, I do have in mind many ring examples from my material and
elsewhere, where the easy interpreation that some of them are too
"uncomfortable" for the fingers is a modern interpretation of function.
E.g. the double rings from Hungarian neolihtic or the multiple rings from
Catalhoyuk found in graves.
Bracers are quite different, and in deed, many neolithic objects from the
Aegean could also be thought as bracers, such as the multiple-holed boar's
tusks plates known from many sites.


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

> For that matter there are also such stone Bell-Beaker 'bracers'. Again,
> the functional ascription has always bothered me a tiny bit since although
> it seems reasonable in the Hungarian material given the form of these
> objects and their location in inhumation graves. Still, form does not
> always necessarily equal function.
>
> Alice
>
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:48 AM, trzaska at lineone.net <trzaska at lineone.net
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello Fotis,
>>
>> I haven's seen any antler rings of that date but in Britain we do have
>> stone bracers for archery,
>> beautifully catalogued in Ann Woodward and John Hunter, An Examination of
>> Prehistoric Stone Bracers
>> from Britain, Oxford (Oxbow Books), 2011. No bone or antler examples of
>> these yet although there
>> are examples of a later date.
>>
>>
>>
>> I will contact Ann Woodward and see if she has come across any Neolithic
>> antler rings,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Riddler
>>
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>>
>> >----Original Message----
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>> >From: fotisif at gmail.com
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>> >Date: 13/05/2013 06:56
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>> >To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study
>> of
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>> >       object and waste of bone,
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>> >       antler. ivory and horn."<bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
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>> >Subj: [Bonetools] neolithic archer's rings
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>> >
>>
>> >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?
>>
>> >
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>> >Best,
>>
>> >
>>
>> >f.
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>> >http://auth.academia.edu/FotisIfantidis
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>> >visualizingneolithic.com <http://www.visualizingneolithic.com>
>> >theotheracropolis.com
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>> >spondylus.wordpress.com
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