[Bonetools] handle made of fox bone

[François Poplin]

Le 16/07/2014 21:15, Rémi BERTHON a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> I came across an unusual find in a Chalcolithic (ca. 4000 BC) 
> assemblage from Azerbaijan : a tool made of a copper point inserted in 
> a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) radius. I am aware that one criteria for the 
> selection of the bone can be the diameter of the diaphysis. But, 
> considering that it is a pastoral population (90% sheep and goat in 
> the fauna) not much involved in hunting, I imagine that they could 
> have found an adequate bone for the handle in the domestic fauna.
>
> I would be glad to know if any of you is aware of bone tools made from 
> fox bones in the Caucasus or an adjacent region (Eurasia, Eastern 
> Europe, Near East, etc ...).
>
> Many thanks in advance for your advices.
>
> Best,
>
> Rémi Berthon
>
Here you have a file - sorry : a fine - example (fig. 3 p. 115) of 
reciprocal adaptation in a canid tibia, rather round in the hand, rather 
triangular in the proximal ("upper") region, as the file itself. Eskimo, 
musée de l'Homme à Paris (et teh time of the paper, at least...). A 
rmember more "dog" than "fox".

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