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

Mon Jun 22 12:50:01 CEST 2015

Dear Alice

Yes, I did receive your other mail. Many thanks for the attachments once
more, they will be remarkably useful!

If I may ask, are you aware of any horn working waste in the Neolithic, as
regarding the second query of my first post?

Best wishes

*Mikolaj Lisowski*
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*Department of Archaeology*
*University of Sheffield*

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On 22 June 2015 at 11:40, Alice Choyke <Choyke at ceu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Mikolaj,
>      I sent you some papers in information on worked mandibles in general
> from European prehistoric contexts. However, I see there has been a problem
> with recipients getting my responses from gmail sent on to a second server,
> in this case my University account. did you ever get the letter with the
> attachments? i am not asking as a reproach but I need to know  if there is
> patterning in this problem I certainly have with some of my e-mail
> connections.
>
> Best,
> Alice
>
>
>
> ALICE M. CHOYKE
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> >>> Mikolaj Lisowski <mlisowski1 at sheffield.ac.uk> 06/21/15 1:47 PM >>>
>
> Dear Alice
> Thank you for your rapid reply. Would you mind sharing with me a paper or
> a reference to the Eneolithic tools you mentioned? I would also be very
> much interested in those amulets from mustelid mandibles.
>
> Also, thank you for the hint regarding sharing photos to the group.
>
> Best wishes
>
> *Mikolaj Lisowski*
> *PhD Candidate*
> *Department of Archaeology*
> *University of Sheffield*
>
>
> *Northgate HouseWest Street*
> *Sheffield **S1 4ET, UK*
> *Other address: **Mikolaj.Lisowski at gmail.com <Mikolaj.Lisowski at gmail.com>*
> *My academic homepage*
> <http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/people/phds/mikolaj-lisowski>
> *My profile on Academia.edu <https://sheffield.academia.edu/MikLisowski>*
> *Find out about our Zooarchaeology Short Course
> <http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course>*
>
> On 21 June 2015 at 07:51, Alice Choyke <choyke at ceu.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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 -
>> Unlike Zooarch, it is possible to send your images directly to the list as
>> attachments when you send a mail. Our 'traffic' is much lower so it is not
>> 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*
>>> *PhD Candidate*
>>> *Department of Archaeology*
>>> *University of Sheffield*
>>>
>>>
>>> *Northgate HouseWest Street*
>>> *Sheffield **S1 4ET, UK*
>>> *Other address: **Mikolaj.Lisowski at gmail.com
>>> <Mikolaj.Lisowski at gmail.com>*
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>>> <http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/people/phds/mikolaj-lisowski>
>>> *My profile on Academia.edu <https://sheffield.academia.edu/MikLisowski>*
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