[Bonetools] Roman bone pin work waste

[Selena Vitezović]

Hello, Renata, Lena and others,

Acta terrae septem. are available online:
http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/study.htm

best, Selena


On 9 May 2014 14:24, "Renáta Přichystalová" <svecova at phil.muni.cz> wrote:

> 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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selena
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