[Bonetools] boar tusk tools

[Grzegorz.Osipowicz at umk.pl]

Dear Selena, we have in Poland also some boar tusk tools from late  
Neolithic graves, particularly from GAC context. You will find some  
information about these artefacts in book about site in Kowal I've  
gave you in Belgrad. If You want I can send You also some other  
materials concerning Late Neolithic artefacts of this type from Poland

Best regards

Grzegorz


Cytowanie Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:

> 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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Dr Grzegorz Osipowicz
Instytut Archeologii
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika
ul Szosa Bydgoska 44/48
87-100 Toruń

Grzegorz Osipowicz, PhD
Institute of Archaeology
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Szosa Bydgoska 44/48 Street
87-100 Torun
Poland