[Bonetools] Tools from mandibles + horn working in the Neolithic

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Milolaj,
   The earliest examples I have of mandibles (from any species) used to
make tools in the Hungarian material comes from the Aeneolithic. I cannot
recall anything similar from the Lake Dwelling sites of the Swiss Alpine
Foreland either. There are little mustilid mandibles clearly used as
amulets from the Neolithic These are very interesting objects.  I will be
curious to see where and even if parallels pop up. Just one comment -
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a problem for the server.

Best,
Alice

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Mikolaj Lisowski <
mlisowski1 at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I'm new to the list, therefore I would like to take this opportunity to
> say hello. I do not know how exactly the list works, I will assume it works
> like ZOOARCH mailing list and everyone's free to rise a question.
>
> Before I'll ask my queries, I need to stress out I'm an animal bone
> specialist, I don't have much of experience with bone tools.
>
> While analysing an assemblage from an Early/Middle Neolithic site in
> Poland (LBK/TRB) I came across this interesting type of awl (?) made from
> cattle mandible. We have three pieces of this type of tool, all of them
> were found in a TRB housing pit. Interestingly the impact-broken ends
> suggest they were used for stabbing, and microwear shows transverse
> scratchings on the sides (from piercing soft organic material?). I would be
> very grateful if you would suggest me some analogies for these finds.
> All three can be seen on the attached picture.
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1i3eaHx--teMTF5N1NIS2hVdWM/view?usp=sharing
>
> The second query I have concerns the examples of horn working in the
> Neolithic. Instead of horn items from waterlogged sites (although those
> would be interesting as well), I'm looking for instances of recorded
> horn-working waste - namely clusters of bovid horn cores with or without
> frontal bones. I would be very grateful if anyone of you might suggest a
> place where those were found. I know few sites from later periods but not
> the Neolithic.
>
> Many thanks in advance and I wish you all a great Sunday!
>
> *Mikolaj Lisowski*
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