[Bonetools] boar tusk tools

[SIDERA Isabelle]

Dear Selena,

Boar tusk blades are common figures in Rubané (see Animaux domestiques, bêtes sauvages, etc in academia). They are tools mainly used, to my opinion, for arrow making and seem to be the only type of artefact which could be a survival from Mesolithic (same paper).
You will be interested for comparison, by Pierre Crotty's publication, of mesolithic examples from Switzerland. Crotti P. 1993 : L'Épipaléolithique et le Mésolithique en Suisse : les derniers chasseurs, in : La Suisse du Paléolithique à l'Aube du Moyen Age, Bâle, Verlag Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Ur- und Frûhgeschichte, p. 203-244.

Best,

Isabelle


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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

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Selena Vitezović
Arheološki institut
www.ai.ac.rs<http://www.ai.ac.rs>
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