[Bonetools] Roman bone pin work waste

["Renáta Přichystalová"]

Dear all,

this is a citation of very interesting paper about pins from Romania, II.
cen. A.D.

Sztancs, D-M. Beldoman, C. - Rusu-Bolindet, V. Badescu, A. 2011:
Contributions to the knowledge of the antique animal skeletal materials
industry in Dobrogea, Romania. Bone hair pins and needles discovered at
Histria - sector Basilica extra muros. In: Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis X,
Sibiu, 157-184.

Renáta Přichystalová
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie FF MU
Department of Archaeology and Museology
Faculty of Art
Masaryk University
A. Nováka 1
CZ-602 00 Brno


> Hello Lena,
>
> I would also endorse Sabine's Augst volume, which is one of the most
> essential texts for anything to do with Roman bone working. Also extremely
> good is Isabelle Bertrand's edited volume Le travail de l'os, du bois de
> cerf et de la corne... Monographies Instrumentum 34. That volume usefully
> summarises some of the terrific work that French archaeologists like
> Isabelle and Annick Thuet and others have been doing over the last decade.
> Stephen Greep published the Canterbury late Roman bone pin workshop
> summarily in the CAT Marlowe Theatre volumes and Jackie Keily has
> published
> some of the Roman London assemblages very well, but I would argue that
> England is a long way behind in coming to terms with Roman bone and antler
> working. Great scope for a new phd student to take these assemblages on.
>
> The choice of raw material mirrors the Middle Saxon assemblages that I
> have
> been working on for a few decades now - see the enclosed text for an
> example
> of how I dealt with what might be a similar assemblage, but several
> centuries later in date.  Assuming that the proximal and distal ends
> survive
> reasonably well there is great scope for looking at the deliberate
> selection
> of bone for working, the specific choices made by species and bone type
> and
> the chaine operatoire involved. Lots to consider, some of which I have
> outlined.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ian Riddler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lena Strid
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 12:44 PM
> To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of
> object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> Subject: [Bonetools] Roman bone pin work waste
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a very large Roman deposit of chopped up long bones from making
> bone
> pins. The bones are mostly cattle and horse metapodials, radius and tibia.
> The deposit is sampled entirely, sieved down to 4mm, and contains
> everything
> from large proximal and distal ends down to broken-off hexagonal offcuts.
> It
> is a rural site, but very close to a Roman town in southern England.
>
> Would any of you have any tips on the most useful way to record the
> deposit
> and/or a good reference material. I already know of Vine St (Leicester)
> and
> Sagalassos (Turkey). There is unlikely to be time for me to do a in-depth
> analysis of the bone working procedure, but the assemblage would be
> retained
> for future research.
>
> With thanks,
> Lena
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