[Bonetools] antler artefact

Mon May 5 22:28:51 CEST 2014

Hello, Herbert, and others,

I have one insane idea what this might be - a model for making clay casts
for making metal objects. Check this out - the artefacts at the bottom,
from Urnenfelder sites in Croatia. I got this idea from my colleague who
works with stone tools, she believes for some stone artefacts from Bronze
age to be exactly that - models for making clay casts, i. e., prototype for
metal objects.
This is just a thought...

Unfortunately, no antler artefacts were published (if they were
found/collected) from southern part of Urnenfelder culture (ex-Yugoslavia,
Croatia and Vojvodina region).

best, Selena

On 5 May 2014 21:41, Herbert Böhm <herbert.boehm at univie.ac.at> wrote:

> Dear Alice (and all the others, of course),
>
> I finally found some references for the strange antler artefact. It seems,
> that they are not very common, but already known from several sites of
> this period. I send you two references from eastern austria- maybe it is
> of interest to some of you.
> On might be an unfinished specimen, or just a not very elaborated version
> of this type of artefact. The other artefact from Stillfried a. d. March
> fits quite well, I think...
>
> All the best
> Herbert
>
> p.s.: Yes Alice, I think you are completely right. In this context it
> would also be interesting to interrelate the bone-tools and their
> production to other raw materials (wood, metal,...) and aspects of
> craftmanship of this period.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mi, 30.04.2014, 16:45, Alice Choyke wrote:
> > Dear Herman,
> >     Really it mostly shows we need to start paying attention to this
> > transition period between the more 'modern industrial' type production of
> > the Romans and medieval periods and the evidently more individual type
> > production ethos of the Paleolithic though Neolithic and much of the
> Early
> > and Middle Bronze Age periods in the Near East and Europe. The New World
> > is
> > a completely different story.I am not sure how it works in the Indus
> > Valley
> > and China again presents a very different production progression in very
> > different time periods.
> >
> > Alice
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Herbert Böhm
> > <herbert.boehm at univie.ac.at>wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Alice,
> >>
> >> Sorry, it means the "urnfield culture/urnenfelderkultur" (approx.
> >> 1200/1300-700/800BC).
> >>
> >> Karl just mentioned, that he knows such objects from other sites of this
> >> period (e.g. Oberleiserberg/Lower Austria) but the function is
> >> completely
> >> unclear. Furthermore, he has never seen such an artefact showing
> >> parallel
> >> scratches...mysterious....
> >>
> >> All the best
> >> Herbert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mi, 30.04.2014, 15:34, Alice Choyke wrote:
> >> > Dear Herbert - remind me what the LBA means in lower Austria. In
> >> Hungary
> >> > there would be a big difference between Urnenfeld or Tummulus sites (I
> >> > would call that early Late Bronze Age) and later periods when  society
> >> is
> >> > morphing into the ever more complex and segmented social situation
> >> found
> >> > on
> >> > the large, well known Iron Age sites. The bone tool material from
> >> these
> >> > later periods is not well known in our area (Hungary) or elsewhere
> >> really
> >> > and even the early Late Bronze Age has been poorly studied which is a
> >> > pity.
> >> > I have never seen such an object in my early Late Bronze Age materials
> >> but
> >> > I have seen relatively few pieces beyond double skates and the
> >> > characteristic finely drilled holes that start to be produced in this
> >> > period.
> >> >
> >> > Alice.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Herbert Böhm
> >> > <herbert.boehm at univie.ac.at>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 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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> Archaeozoology
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> University of Vienna - UZA II/Geozentrum
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> A-1090 Wien Österreich
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