[Bonetools] bones as raw material - fresh or stored?

[Selena Vitezović]

Dear Lena,

Already Semenov wrote some comments on softening the bone, check in his
Prehistoric technology, English translation, from page 159 chapter
Softening bone.
Also, in this pdf, check short report by A. Vincent on page 69:
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bspf_0249-7638_1986_num_83_3_8736
And one more interesting thing, see paper by Dale Guthrie- Osseus
projectile points: biological considerations affecting raw material
selection and design among paleolithic and Paleoindian peoples. In Animals
and Archaeology 1: Hunters and their prey. Eds. Juliet Clutton-Brock &
Caroline Grigson. BAR 163. Oxford, 1983: 273–294, you have a mention of
ethnographic examples of cooking bones in bear fat (!).

Main problem, of course, is how can you tell was the bone softened and how,
if it is completely polished and all irregularities that emerged during
manufacture removed?

best, Selena

On 4 August 2015 at 22:48, Lena Strid <lena.strid at oxfordarch.co.uk> wrote:

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Selena Vitezović
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