[Bonetools] antler artefact

[Herbert Böhm]

Dear all,

I received these photographs of a late- bronze- age antler artefact, found
in lower Austria (settlement context) and I must confess that I haven´t
seen something like this before…

http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/antler-artefact

Unfortunately, it seems to be fragmented but some of the edges are
obviously carefully processed and there are these, rather regular,
transverse “scratches” on the inner surface.
The eye-catching “groove” on the outer surface seems “natural” to me…

Does anyone know such pieces or have an idea what this could have been
used for?

All the best
Herbert



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Mag. Herbert Böhm
VIAS-Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science
Archaeozoology
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University of Vienna - UZA II/Geozentrum
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