[Bonetools] boar tusk tools
Alice Choyke
choyke at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 19:32:45 CET 2016
Dear Kinga,
I am interested in all things bell-beaker so please send a copy to me
too! Perhaps, if the file is that big you can use the free WeTransfer
program.
Bet,
Alice
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Kinga Winnicka <k.m.winnicka at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Selena,
>
> There are some slightly older (Bell Beaker) boar tusk (Sus scrofa, Sus
> scrofa f. domestica) tools from Poland. They are interpreted as retouchers
> and come from sepulchral context - I know of two such items from two BB
> sites in SE Poland: Beradz, grave no. 5 and Samborzec, grave no. 3. They
> were published in: Budziszewski, J., Wlodarczak, P. 2010. Kultura pucharow
> dzwonowatych na Wyzynie Malopolskiej. Cracow: Institute of Archaeology and
> Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences.
>
> I have it scanned but the file is quite heavy, so I can send it to you by
> e-mail or share via GoogleDrive if you're interested.
>
> All the best,
> Kinga
>
>
>
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>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:07:21 +0100
>> From: Selena Vitezovi? <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>
>> To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
>> study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn."
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>> 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 d?bitage
>> 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 Vitezovi?
>> Arheolo?ki institut
>> www.ai.ac.rs
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>> From: <benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr>
>> To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
>> study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn."
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>> 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?
>> P?trequin, 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 associ? TRACES-UMR5608
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr
>> univ-tlse2.academia.edu/BenjaminMarquebielle
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> De?: Selena Vitezovi? <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>
>> ??: "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>
>> Envoy? 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 d?bitage
>> 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 Vitezovi?
>> Arheolo?ki institut
>> www.ai.ac.rs
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:01:41 +0100
>> From: Selena Vitezovi? <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>
>> To: "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>
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>> 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
>> > P?trequin, 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 associ? 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
>> > <benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr>
>> univ-tlse2.academia.edu/BenjaminMarquebielle
>> > <https://univ-tlse2.academia.edu/BenjaminMarquebielle>*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> > *De :* Selena Vitezovi? <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>
>> > *? :* "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>
>> > *Envoy? 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 d?bitage
>> > 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 Vitezovi?
>> > Arheolo?ki institut
>> > www.ai.ac.rs
>> >
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