[Bonetools] Any idea about this function of this artifact ?

[Alice Choyke]

We have these antler objects in Hungary as well from the Middle
Neolithic until the first part of LBA. As the beam end breaks the
hafting hole gets moved up towards the medallion. Sometimes the beading
is completely removed, sometimes it is partially removed and sometimes
left intact. The eye time is sometimes cut flush to the surface of the
beam and sometimes the base is preserved by the makers. Some of these
objects from the MBA even have designs carved into them and the use
where on such pieces suggests they used very differently than their
unadorned cousins.
 
Alice  

>>> Christopher Arabatzis <christ.arabatzis at gmail.com> 3/17/2016 12:24
PM >>>
Dear all and Petar
Thank you for your ideas and for your time.

Petar, 
I'm glad that I helped you to choose the topic of your presentation.
I'm attaching one more photo of a similar artifact found close to the
previous one.
It's nice to hear that you have seen other similar items in the Balkans
!

Chris

2016-03-17 0:28 GMT+02:00 Selena Vitezović
<selenavitezovic at gmail.com>:


Hello everyone, Chris, 

This pendant from Divostin is quite small, but my first guess is that
you have the basal end of some perforated tool, correct me if I am
wrong, but I guess this could have extended quite a lot at the broken
part, and just the form looks very much to the butt ends of stone tools,
almost as if it is a copy in antler. Other guess is that it is a handle
- I've seen cylindrical handles made from antler both in Serbia and
Bulgaria, partially or completelly hollowed cancellous tissue on a beam
segment. 
However, I've never seen anything quite like this before - hope you'll
come to some good hypothesis! 

best, Selena

On 16 March 2016 at 16:47, Christopher Arabatzis
<christ.arabatzis at gmail.com> wrote:


Fotis, 
There are only 1-2 antler rings as far as I remember.
Yes, i think that it's intact object as well.

Ariel, 
Thank you for your image.



2016-03-16 17:44 GMT+02:00 <fotisif at gmail.com>:


Hi Chris
any antler finger rings in your material (similar to the Dispilio
ones)? Still this seems to be an intact object and not necessarily
debris...
Best
Fotis


Sent from my iPad

16 Μαρ 2016, 15:57, ο/η Christopher Arabatzis
<christ.arabatzis at gmail.com> έγραψε:

> Dear all,
>
> I hope you are fine.
>
> I'm attaching a photo of an artifact from a neolithic settlement in
Greece that dates back to the second half of the 5th millennium B.C.
>
> Any ideas about its' use are very welcomed.
>
> Best Regards,
> Chris
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Arheološki institut 
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