[Bonetools] antler whistles?

[Alice Choyke]

Dear Francoois,
    Not only does 'ovicaprine' antler sound strange it is a biological
impossibility! Or these are the strangest sheep and goats that ever lived.

Best,
Alice

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:56 AM, François Poplin <poplin at mnhn.fr> wrote:

> Dear colleague,
>
> "oovicaprin antlers" sounds strange...
> (oo- = egg, and so forth)
>
> Dis you try to produce sound with ?
>
> I have at home.. j'ai à la maison une poignée d'ombrelle très XIXe siècle
> taillée dans une dague de cerf (le premier "bois", simple), dont la partie
> proximale est travaillée en sifflet comme cela.
>
> Bien à vous.
>
>
> Le 01/01/2016 04:53, Sonja Vukovic a écrit :
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Thank you for your comments.
>
> Happy New year.
>
> Sonja.
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Sonja Vukovic <sonja.vukovic at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> By analyzing animal bones from the Roman city Viminacium I came across
>> several interesting antler objects that my colleague and I argue that were
>> used as whistles. While I was searching through papers, I have found barely
>> several similar objects (and majority of them were not determined as being
>> whistles). I have also contacted some of you for an advice on the subject.
>> So, I am now asking entire group - do you know any published similar antler
>> whistles (not only Roman)?! I am attaching a photo of one of them.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> best wishes, Marry Christmas & Happy New Year,
>>
>> Sonja.
>>
>> --
>> Sonja Vukovic-Bogdanovic
>> Laboratory for bioarchaeology
>> Faculty of Philosophy
>> University of Belgrade
>> Serbia
>> www.bioarchlab.org
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sonja Vukovic-Bogdanovic
> Laboratory for bioarchaeology
> Faculty of Philosophy
> University of Belgrade
> Serbia
> www.bioarchlab.org
>
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