[Bonetools] boar tusk tools

Tue Mar 15 00:31:41 CET 2016

Dear Selena and colleagues,Thanks for providing titles and information that has escaped my attention previously!Now that Alice mentioned that I have prepared something on this topic, I am sending you a summary and references to some of the modified boar tusks that have not been mentioned by the list members so far.
Dear Benjamin,Just recently, I was explaining to a colleague of mine that a piece of split boar tusk is not necesserily an evidence for the presence of boar-tusk helmet beyond the Mycennaean world. However, beyond the attached list of references, it was not easy for me to find other comparable pieces, even though I am sure there will be many of them. So, I agree that it is a good idea to put together an overview or at least a list of references.
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      From: Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com>
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 Subject: Re: [Bonetools] boar tusk tools

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
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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 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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