[Bonetools] Any help ?

[Christopher Arabatzis]

Dear Mr Poplin,

Thank you.

Dear Alice,
it is certainly an odd piece.The pitchfork form idea ...yes,I like it.
thank you

2016-06-02 7:29 GMT+03:00 Christopher Arabatzis <christ.arabatzis at gmail.com>
:

> Dear Mr Popli,
>
> Thank you.
>
> Dear Alice,
> it is certainly an odd piece.The pitchfork form idea ...yes,I like it.
> thank you
>
>
>
> 2016-05-31 12:55 GMT+03:00 Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com>:
>
>> Dear Chris,
>>     The piece certainly looks as if it was never used but it could be
>> finished and was never intended to be a 'pretty' piece. It has a kind of
>> pitchfork look to it. If it is a singular find maybe you need to think
>> about a function where the object would tend to be lost or broken
>> off-settlement and maybe an object that can and was more often made in wood
>> - hence the pitchfork for hay idea etc.  It certainly is an odd piece.
>> Nothing like that that I remember seeing in Hungary but admittedly, the 5th
>> millennium is a bit outside my field of reference.
>>
>> Best,
>> Alice
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Christopher Arabatzis <
>> christ.arabatzis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Selena,
>>>
>>> Thank you. The preform also came up to me but I still can't find the
>>> final form of it :- )
>>>
>>> The two tips are not so well preserved - the one is broken as you can
>>> see in the photo.The other one has some polish close to the edge of the
>>> tip. It could be considered as use wear traces.
>>>
>>> As for the two holes, maybe a wooden shaft was penetrating them and the
>>> item was used laterally. It's just a guess.
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-05-30 17:20 GMT+03:00 Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hello, Chris, and everyone else,
>>>> In my opinion, it is a preform, unfinished something. Traces of
>>>> manufacture are very clearly visible and I do not see any usewear (perhaps
>>>> you noted some?). However, for what it may have been preform is a bit tough
>>>> to guess, I've never seen an object that may look similar to this. Perhaps
>>>> that is why it was never finished?
>>>> best, Selena
>>>>
>>>> On 30 May 2016 at 15:33, Christopher Arabatzis <
>>>> christ.arabatzis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you had a great time in Iasi. The uploaded photos in the WBRG
>>>>> facebook group are really great.
>>>>>
>>>>> I need your help and your expertise.
>>>>> Has anyone of you ever seen an artifact like that?
>>>>>  It is dating back to the 5th mil BC, probably at the first half of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Christopher
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Selena Vitezović
>>>> Arheološki institut
>>>> www.ai.ac.rs
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