[Bonetools] Sawing techniques for Antler

[DAVID Eva]

Dear Jennifer,
To my knowledge, the princeps (first) indentification of the string sawing technique was made by F. Poplin:

Poplin, F. (1974). Deux cas de débitage par usure. In: 1er colloque international sur l’industrie de l’os dans la préhistoire, Abbaye de Sénanque (Vaucluse), H. Camps-Fabrer (ed). Éditions de l’Université de Provence: 85-92.

In 2015, Toomaï Boucherat shows for our project how to saw antler's segments with a large string made of fibers.
The publication is in process, but here find enclosed a picture of the antler in cross section (one of my picture, in attached file):
The technique makes quite a straight edge with large centripetal waves into the matter that
resembles pretty much to the ones displayed on your material + supplementary adjacent accidental groove on a side,
as emphasized by Poplin. In your case, a stronger material for the string would perhaps
explain the waves are quite regular there and strongly "printed" on the antler tissues.

Best, éva

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Dr. Éva DAVID, Ph.D.
CNRS Laboratoire Préhistoire et technologie UMR 7055
Maison Archéologie Ethnologie
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
21, allée de l'Université
F-92023 Nanterre cedex
+33 1 46 69 24 22

http://www.mae.u-paris10.fr/prehistoire/spip.php?article17
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Objet : [Bonetools] Sawing techniques for Antler


Dear Colleagues,


I am looking at sawing techniques used on antler from the late Neolithic to Early Metal Age in southern Vietnam.  I have found two references thus far that I have found useful:


1. Shibler, J. 2001.  Experimental Production of Neolithic Bone and Antler Tools  In: Choyke, A.M. & Bartosiewicz, L., eds. Crafting Bone: Skeletal Technologies through Time and Space, 1999 Budapest. BAR International Series, 49-60

2. Lothrop, S.K. 1955.  Jade and String Sawing in Northeastern Costa Rica.  American Antiquity, 21(1): 43-51.


I'm look for any other references that might help in analysing the sawing techniques used on my assemblage.  I've also attached some photos to give an example of the morphology I have observed.


Thank you and regards,

Jennifer


Jennifer Hull
PhD Candidate
Research School of Humanities & The Arts
School of Archaeology & Anthropology
AD Hope Building (#14)
The Australian National University
Jennifer.Hull at anu.edu.au
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