[Bonetools] Medieval Italian comb

[Kordula Gostencnik]

Dear Marta,

I only found your mail today. As for bibiographical references, there
is a fine book on late antique-high middle age material from
Sant'Andrea di Loppio (Trento) by Barbara Maurina, which was released
back in May by Archaeopress (Oxford). It has a chapter on worked bones
by Cinzia Pezzato, which includes about 40 combs and comb fragments;
the dot-and-cercle motive is rare with those finds, but the
bibliography is quite extensive.

Sincerely,
Kordula

2016-05-03 20:06 GMT+02:00, MARTA MORENO GARCIA <marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es>:
> Dear all,
> I am currently studying the bone assemblage recovered from the Duomo of
> Padova (Italy) dated to the early and high Middle Ages. An Italian student
> is working with the worked bone material, among which there is this comb
> (see attached photographs) that comes from the cleaning layer. First of
> all, I would like to ask for your expertise in order to identify the
> material it is made of and secondly, I would appreciate very much any
> comments you would like to make on its typology. If you send some
> bibliography we can read, it would be great!
>
> Best regards,
> Marta
>