[Bonetools] boar tusk tools

[Alice Choyke]

There are quite a few different kinds of objects made from boar tusk (wild
or domestic - who can tell?) from the Middle Neolithic on in our region.
Some BA tusks were clearly worn as display ornaments and carefully drilled
and re-drilled. Don't forget this is even the period in Anatolia and Greece
where tusk is being used to cover warrior's helmets. I attach some images
from the national Museum in Athens. Petar Zidarov originally drew my
attention to these amazing objects  since he as them at Troy.

Alice

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Dear Benjamin,
>
> Thanks a lot. I have Y. Maigrot's paper and I will check your poster.
> By the way, so far I had only few boar tusk tools in both Mesolithic and
> Neolithic and this sudden quantity confused me - furthermore, some of them
> are clearly from wild boars, which makes it even more peculiar.
> best, selena
>
> On 14 March 2016 at 18:38, <benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>> Dear Selena
>>
>> I am submiting a paper (in collaboration with E. Fabre) for the
>> procedings of Belgrade Meso2015 meeting, about technical and functionnal
>> research on tools made from wild boar tusks. It concern Mesolithic tools
>> so, but some elements could interest you (for exemple, we are proposing a
>> typology of these tools). You can find the poster presented at Belgrade on
>> my Academia page. More information are in my thesis (on Academia too).
>>
>> Concerning precisely Bronze Age split wild boar tusk tools, I'm afraid I
>> don't have a lot of information... In France, this kind of tools seems to
>> disapear during Neolithic period. You can fin more information about
>> Neolithic tools on Y. Maigrot thesis, or, in english, in her paper:
>> Maigrot, Y. (2001). Technical und functional study of ethnographic (Irian
>> Jaya, Indonesia) and archaeological (Chalain and Clairvaux, Jura, France,
>> 30th century BC) tools made from split boar tusk. In:  Beyries, S. et
>> Pétrequin, P. (dir.), Ethno-archaeology and its transfers : 5th annual
>> meeting, EAA, Bournemouth, 1999 Oxford, p. 67-80, 20 fig. Don't hesitate to
>> ask if you want a pdf.
>>
>> I am particularly interested in these artefacts. As far as I know, in
>> France, these tools are unknown before the Early Mesolithic, even if wild
>> boar is present in older faunal remains. Then, during the Mesolithic, same
>> type of artefacts is known on a wide area, from Britain to Switzerland and
>> the use of split wild boar canine is known in North Europe (see E. David
>> thesis). Then, they seem to disappeared in France during the Neolithic. But
>> wild boar tusk still used as personal ornement, until Celtic times. I'm
>> actually looking all information about Pre- and Protohistoric use of wild
>> boar canine. The idea of a geographical and chronological large synthesis
>> knocking around my head for a while. It could be a great work in
>> collaboration, for everyone wants !
>>
>> See you and I hope all is well in Belgrade
>>
>> Best !
>>
>> Marquebielle Benjamin
>> *Dr associé TRACES-UMR5608*
>> <http://traces.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-traces/equipes-de-recherche/equipe-1-societes-et-milieux-des-populations-de-chasseurs-cueilleurs-collecteurs/marquebielle-benjamin-56353.kjsp?RH=Societes_traces>
>>
>> *------------------------------------------------------------*
>> *benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr
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>> <https://univ-tlse2.academia.edu/BenjaminMarquebielle>*
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *De :* Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>
>> *À :* "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
>> study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <
>> bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
>> *Envoyé le :* Lundi 14 mars 2016 18h07
>> *Objet :* [Bonetools] boar tusk tools
>>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> I am looking for something more detailed on boar tusk tools, in
>> particular on technology and typology in the Bronze Age.
>> I have from one Bronze Age site in Pannonia. excavated in early 20th
>> century, few dozens of boar tusks, mainly fragmented (some with fresh
>> breakage, since they are very brittle and are being stored in the museum
>> for several decades), therefore it is difficult to distinguish débitage
>> from fragmented tools. They usually have traces of scraping on the inner
>> surfaces, but I am not able to distinguish the usewear on the enamel (outer
>> surfaces). Presumably, most of the tusks were just split and then more-less
>> crescent-shaped pieces were used for scraping, however, any help is most
>> welcome. In particular, does anyone know any large assemblage of boar tusk
>> tools from this period, and has anyone conducted experiments on boar tusks
>> to distinguish manufacturing traces made by flint and by bronze tool?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> best regards, Selena
>>
>> --
>> Selena Vitezović
>> Arheološki institut
>> www.ai.ac.rs
>>
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