[Bonetools] antler whistles?

[François Poplin]

Le 13/02/2016 21:42, Mikolaj Lisowski a écrit :
> Dear colleagues
>
> Moreover, the term 'ovicaprine' itself is biologically incorrect, 
> since both sheep and goats are part of a sub-family /caprinae, /and 
> should be called caprines.

...which is culturaly stupid.
>
> Best wishes
>
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> On 12 February 2016 at 18:01, Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com 
> <mailto:choyke at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <http://www.bioarchlab.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Sonja Vukovic-Bogdanovic
>>         Laboratory for bioarchaeology
>>         Faculty of Philosophy
>>         University of Belgrade
>>         Serbia
>>         www.bioarchlab.org <http://www.bioarchlab.org/>
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François POPLIN

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Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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