[Bonetools] Looking for bibliography about the use of natural adhesives in Prehistory

Tue Mar 4 17:58:35 CET 2014

In Neolithic lake shore settlement in Central Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Germany) a lot of examples for using birch tar as glue to fix flint, bone, antler and wooden artifacts are known. I have recently published an overview about Neolithic bone and antler tools from lake dwellings that includes a few examples of birch tar on artifacts (Schibler, Jörg (2013). Bone and antler artefacts in wetland sites. In: F. Menotti & A. O'Sullivan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology, Oxford, 329-345.
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Am 04.03.2014 um 17:11 schrieb Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.hu<mailto:choyke at ceu.hu>>:

There are also many projectile points from the Swiss Neolithic with tree pitch on them - even some complete arrows with the projectiles still attached to the arrows. Jorg Schibler discusses this numerous times. Here are just a few of his publications.

Schibler, J.1980. Osteologische Untersuchung der cortaillodzeitlichen Knochenartefakte. Die neolithischen Uferseidlungen von Twann Band 8. Bern: Schriftenreihe der Erziehungsdirektion des Kantons Bern, herausgegeben vom Archäologischen Dienst des Kantons Bern, Staatlicher Lehrmittelverlag.

1981 Typologische Untersuchungen der cortaillodzeitlichen Knochenartefakte. Die
neolithischen Ufersiedlungen von Twann, Band 17. Bern: Schriftenreihe der Erziehungsdirektion des Kantons Bern, herausgegeben vom Archäologischen Dienst des Kantons Bern, Staatlicher Lehrmittelverlag.

1987. Osteoarchäologische Untersuchenen der neolithischen Knochenkomplexe. In Zürich “Kleiner Hafner”: Tauschgrabungen 1981-1984, ed. P. Suter, 167-179. Monographien 3. Zürich: Berichte der Züricher Denkmalpflege.

1987. Die Knochenartefakte. In Zürich “Mozartstrasse”, ed. E. Gross, E. Bleuer and B. Hardmeyer, 167-176. Neolithische und bronzezeitliche Ufersiedlungen, Bände 1-3 . Zürich: Orell Füssli Verlag.

1987. Die Hirschgeweihartefakte. In Zürich “Mozartstrasse”, ed. E. Gross, E. Bleuer and B. Hardmeyer, 156-166. Neolithische und bronzezeitliche Ufersiedlungen, Bände 1-3. Zürich: Orell Füssli Verlag.

1997. Knochen und Geweihartefakte. In Ökonomie und Ökologie neolithischer und bronzezeitlicher Ufersiedlungen am Zürichsee, ed. J. Schibler et a l., 122-219. Monographien der Kantonsarchäologie Zürich 20, Zürich und Egg.

1998. Knochen- und geweiartefakete. In Die Schweiz vom Palälithikum bis zum frühen Mittelalter, SPM II Neolithikumt, W. E. Stöckli et al., 142-151. Basel: Schweizerische Gesellshaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Verlag.

There is also the bone and antler tool report from the lake Dwelling site of Arbonne and , of course, Yolaine Maigrot ha numerous publications on the Lake dwelling site of Chalain. She also discusses the of tree pitch for fixing projectiles and sleeves.

Alice

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:09 AM, toumai <toumai at correo.ugr.es<mailto:toumai at correo.ugr.es>> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for as many papers as possible about the use of adhesives for hafting bone tools. I would be especially interested in prehistoric tools. If you have any paper in pdf or any suggestions, please, let me know.
Thank you so much in advance!

Manuel

Manuel Altamirano Garcia
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Prehistory and Archaeology
Faculty of Philosophy
Campus de Cartuja s/n 18071 Granada
University of Granada, Spain

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Dear Marloes,

Is there any evidence of wear on the serrations? Either on the flat sides or
the edges of the points?

Sonia

Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of
York

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University of Bradford

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Dear all,

Does anyone have references or parallels for this Roman tool? It is made of
a rib and dated to the 3rd century AD.

Best wishes,
Marloes

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Sonia is right - it would be interesting to check if wear signs or
striations can point towards work with tougher material such as fish
scales (Poplin's suggestion) or softer material such as fibers or wool
(if it was a kind of wool comb or a tool used to soften or straighten
fibers).
Etan
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Hello, Lorri,

Just send the abstract and your data (affiliation, contact email address)
to me.

best, Selena

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Could you please tell me how to register for the conference and submit an
abstract.  I looked at the web site.

Thank you. Lori Dibble

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Subject: [Bonetools] WBRG conference in Belgrade - call for abstracts

Dear collegues,

Thank you to all of you who sent the data for preliminary registration for
the WBRG conference.
Call for abstracts is now open, please send the abstract until May 20th.
I posted some information related to travelling to Belgrade at
http://wbrg.net/meetings/beograd-2014
Please let me know if you need any additional help.
The conference fee will be the same as in Wroclaw and Salzburg meetings,
40 euros for employed archaeologists, 20 euros for MA and PhD students (to
be payed in cash upon arrival).
The meeting itself will be in the National museum,
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Lookng forward to meet you all here, all the best, Selena

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I agree - this is one case where even a crude (low magnification) use wear
study  would be critical. Is this piece Roman or Iron Age?

Alice

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:12 PM, S O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk<mailto:S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>>wrote:

Dear Marloes,

Is there any evidence of wear on the serrations? Either on the flat sides
or the edges of the points?

Sonia

Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University
of York

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Archaeological Sciences

Division of AGES,

University of Bradford

Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK

tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)

fax 01274 23 5210

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Dear all,

Does anyone have references or parallels for this Roman tool? It is made
of a rib and dated to the 3rd century AD.

Best wishes,
Marloes

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