[Bonetools] Undetermined Neolithic bone object

[Selena Vitezović]

Dear Manuel,
Check out similar things in the Early Neolithic in SE Europe:
http://www.ace.hu/am/2013_3/AM-13-03-SV.pdf
best, Selena

On 25 June 2016 at 17:01, Petar Zidarov <petar.zidarov at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Manuel,
> The choice of raw material (rib) is a bit odd, but flattened pieces of
> cattle long bones are commonly used for the production of bone rings,
> including finger rings during the Neolithic in the Near East and across
> Europe.
> The first reference of general overview on that topic that comes to my
> mind is Isabelle Sidera's contribution to the WBRG volume from Tallinn.
> Since your people seemingly didn't use a hollow drill, but simple flint
> borer, it was easier to them to carve the holes first, while immobilizing
> the rib. Then they would have only needed to saw the bone transversely and
> finish the outer edge by grinding or scraping.
> I hope that this hypothesis could be a good starting point.
> Best wishes,
> Petar
> ------------------------------
> От: maltamirano <maltamirano at ugr.es>
> Изпратено: ‎25.‎6.‎2016 ‎г. 14:46
> До: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> Тема: [Bonetools] Undetermined Neolithic bone object
>
>
> Dear colleagues,
> I am studying a worked bone assemblage from a Neolithic cave site in
> Granada, Spain. Among the typical pointed tools and some ornaments, I
> have found this object, which I have no idea about its function. It
> seems to have been made on a cattle rib. Its surfaces display evidences
> of abrasion for shaping. It meassures 8cm mong aprox. We have no
> evidences of bone beads,so the holes may have had a different purpose.
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> Manuel Altamirano García
> Investigador Postdoctoral
> Dpto. Prehistoria y Arqueología
> Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
> Campus de Cartuja s/n 18071
> Universidad de Granada (España)
>
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Selena Vitezović
Arheološki institut
www.ai.ac.rs
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