[Bonetools] boar tusk tools

Tue Mar 15 13:47:47 CET 2016

Dear all,

In Bronze Age Iberia (2000-1450BC) we also have some decorated or just 
drilled plates from wild boar tusk which could have been part of more 
complex items or just used as a personal decorative element. The 
attached picture shows two pieces unearthed during excavations at the BA 
settlement of Cerro de la Encina, in Monachil (Granada, Spain). There is 
also one short paper about Balearic BA where some others similar items 
are studied, I also attach a pdf.
Hope you find them helpful.
Best.

Manuel Altamirano

-- 
Manuel Altamirano García
Investigador Postdoctoral
Dpto. Prehistoria y Arqueología
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Campus de Cartuja s/n 18071
Universidad de Granada (España)

El 2016-03-15 13:14, Alice Choyke escribió:
> Dear Petar,
>     Here in the Carpathian Basin we also have little SQUARE plates
> of tusk (2000-1450 BC) that are more some kind of ornamentation or
> else plates for a teeny-tiny baby helmet (joke) as well a very few
> more elongated plates that were attached to something as ornaments or
> even worn as a bracelet.. Beyond the utilitarian scrapers there are
> also much grander pieces of tusk from huge animals that even the most
> cautious of zooarcheologists would have to admit are probably 
> trophies
> from wild hunted boars. I am attaching some articles where these
> appear plus a couple of decorative pieces from the end of the MBA at
> Százhalombatta-Földvár plus one of the simple EBA Bell-Beaker (ca.
> 2500 BC) scrapers. 
>
> Alice
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Selena Vitezović
> <selenavitezovic at gmail.com [30]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Petar, and everyone, thanks a lot for the help!
>>
>> best, selena
>>
>> On 15 March 2016 at 00:31, Petar Zidarov <petar.zidarov at yahoo.com
>> [26]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Petar
>>>
>>>  
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Petar Zidarov 
>>> Lab of Archaeometry & Experimental Archaeology 
>>> Department of Archaeology, New Bulgarian University 
>>> 21 Montevideo Str., Building 2, office 219 
>>> BG-1618 Sofia, BULGARIA 
>>> cell phones: +359 898 347 252 [15], +359 886 749 458 [16]
>>>
>>> https://newbulgarian.academia.edu/PetarZidarov [17]
>>>
>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Petar_Zidarov2 [18]
>>>
>>> -------------------------
>>> FROM: Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com [19]>
>>> 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 [20]>
>>> SENT: Monday, March 14, 2016 8:27 PM
>>> 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. Dont forget this
>>> is even the period in Anatolia and Greece where tusk is being used
>>> to cover warriors 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 [21]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Benjamin,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot. I have Y. Maigrots 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 [11]>
>>>> 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, Im
>>>>> afraid I dont 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. Dont 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. Im 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_ [1]
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> _benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr [2]_
>>>>> univ-tlse2.academia.edu/BenjaminMarquebielle [3]
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------
>>>>> DE : Selena Vitezović <selenavitezovic at gmail.com [4]>
>>>>> 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 [5]>
>>>>> 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 [6]
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>>>>
>>>> Selena Vitezović
>>>>
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>>>>
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>> Selena Vitezović
>>
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>>
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> [2] mailto:benjamin.marquebielle at yahoo.fr
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> [17] https://newbulgarian.academia.edu/PetarZidarov
> [18] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Petar_Zidarov2
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