[Bonetools] Iceman's antler retouching tool

Tue Apr 22 18:46:40 CEST 2014

Dear Mihail,
Thank you very much!

best, selena

On 22 April 2014 17:51, Жилин Михаил <mizhilin at yandex.ru> wrote:

> Dear Selena,
>
> Thank you for the article. In attachment you'll find me recent article
> devoted to such tools.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mikhail Zhilin
>
> 22.04.2014, 17:53, "Selena Vitezović" <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Few months ago I asked for help related to antler retouching tools. Thanks
> again for everyone who helped me and all the references you shared with me.
> I am pleased to inform you that my paper is now published and is available
> in open access: http://haemus.mk/haemus-journal-vol-2-2013-vitezovic/
> Below the abstract is the link for pdf.
>
> best regards, Selena
>
>
> On 6 October 2013 15:44, Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Dear Jörg,
>
> Thank you for the response and the article, such an interesting article is
> never too late.
>
> best, Selena
>
>
> On 6 October 2013 12:43, Jörg Schibler <joerg.schibler at unibas.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear Selena,
> sorry for the late response. Retouching tools made of antler splinters are
> very common in Neolithic Swiss lakeshore sites (4300-2400 BC). Normally
> they are made of splitters, have a hole for fixing them at a belt (or
> somewhere) and could be also decorated (engraved) (see figure 20.4.
> examples 27 and 28). There exist also a few examples made of the end of
> antler tines with a hole at the end. I send you an overview article with a
> picture of an example made of a antler splinter and some more references in
> the list.
> All the best!
> Jörg
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 04.10.2013 um 14:01 schrieb Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com
> >
> :
>
> Spasibo, Mikhail, I will take a look.
>
> best, selena
>
>
> On 4 October 2013 09:18, Жилин Михаил <mizhilin at yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> Dear Selena,
>
> visit my website: www.mizhilin.narod.ru
> You'll find there some photos and publications of mesolithic bone and
> antler artefacts, among them pressure flakes of various types.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mikhail Zhilin
>
> 03.10.2013, 18:17, "Selena Vitezović" <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:
>
> Antler retouching tools ocurr here and there in prehistoric Europe, I have
> few pieces from Starčevo culture sites and few from Iron Gates Mesolithic
> sites, although the example from Donja Branjevina (on photo) is the most
> elaborate one, others are more ad hoc and some are just broken antler tools
> secondary used for flint retouching. The most interesting thing about the
> Iceman's object is that it has a haft, and that it was, evidently, a
> planned tool, used repeatidly, and even carried around, not abandoned on
> the place of use. Therefore I am grateful for any information about the
> references.
> Another interesting thing, Lena, is that antler retouching tools seem to
> be present in Mesolithic and Early/Middle Neolithic (unlike ad hoc used
> bones in the Palaeolithic times), and dissapear from later Neolithic
> onwards (so far I haven't seen any in Vinča culture assemblages). But this
> is a completely different topic.
> Looking forward to get more the references on Iceman.
> thanks and all the best, selena
>
>
> On 2 October 2013 19:10, Lena Strid <lena.strid at oxfordarch.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear Dale,
>
> Similar antler tools ("tryckstock") have been found at the mesolithic
> sites at Tågerup and Motala, both in Sweden, a few years ago. The Tågerup
> excavations have been published (Per Karsten & Bo Knarrström 2003, The
> Tågerup Excavations. Part of the series "Skånska spår - arkeologi längs
> Västkustbanan"), but the Motala excavations are I believe ongoing. It might
> be worth contacting the local excavation unit* to see if they can give you
> more information.
>
> *: National Heritage Board excavation unit, eastern Sweden: uvost at raa.se
>
> /Lena
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Serjeantson D." <D.Serjeantson at soton.ac.uk>
> To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study
> of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and
> horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 October, 2013 12:51:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Iceman's antler retouching tool
>
> Dear Selena,
> The tool is described in 'The Man in the Ice' by Spindler (p.105). He
> described it as a piece of lime wood with a hole drilled down the middle
> with a rod or spike of antler inserted into the hole. The fact that it
> was antler was confirmed by Angela von den Driesch. The tip of the rod
> had been hardened by fire to strengthen it and was a blackish colour.
> The rod or spike was 5.1 cm long and 5 mm in diameter.
>
> I have got a copy of the catalogue from the display in Bolzano and it
> does contain a good colour photo of the retoucheur. If you would like a
> scan, I can do that when I next have access to a scanner.
>
> The catalogue says that nothing similar has been found elsewhere. Have
> you found an antler rod which might be from a similar tool? I wonder if
> anyone else has since found a similar rod.
>
> Best
> Dale
>
> Dale Serjeantson FSA, MIFA, MA
> Archaeology Faculty of Humanities
> University of Southampton
> Southampton S017 1BJ
>
> http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/dale.page
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> Subject: [Bonetools] Iceman's antler retouching tool
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Two years ago, I saw and exhibition on Otzi, the Iceman, in Historical
> museum in Oslo (exhibition was a visiting one, but I do not recall who
> originally made it, I saw it while attending EAA conference in Oslo).
> There I saw the replicas of some items found in Iceman's pockets,
> including a retouching tool made from antler. However, this was an
> exhibition without accompanying catalogue, and I was wondering if anyone
> can help mi with reference for this information?
> Perhaps the same exhibition was held in some other museum with a
> catalogue: I tried to find any data on papers published on Otzi, which
> are quite numerous, but so far I haven't encountered any mention of
> antler retouching tool.
> Any help is welcome, thank you.
>
> Best regards, Selena Vitezović
>
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