[Bonetools] Early-Med Bone Keys

[Kordula Gostencnik]

Dear Steve,

there are several keys made from antler on Roman sites in the Rhine-,
Danubian and alpine provinces, but I have no idea what your pieces look
like.

Sincerely
Kordula Gostencnik

2015-10-09 15:43 GMT+02:00 Steve Ashby <steve.ashby at york.ac.uk>:

> Hi all,
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> I have a PhD student working on keys from early-medieval contexts
> (primarily metals), but she has come across several examples of bone keys.
> Is anyone aware of a good synthesis of these, or of any nice examples we
> might be unaware of?
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> The issue emerges from a possible example from (I think) West Stow, and we
> also know of a whalebone tumbler key from North Ronaldsay (Orkney). Anyone
> aware of examples from (for instance) Hedeby, Birka, Southampton, Ipswich?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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> Steve
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