[Bonetools] Horse metacarpus object

[Hans Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Josje,

you may start with this article

Becker, Cornelia (1990): Bemerkungen über Schlittknochen, Knochenkufen und ähnliche Artefakte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Funde aus Berlin-Spandau. in: Schibler, Jörg / Sedlmeier, Jürg / Spycher, Hanspeter (eds.): Festschrift für Hans R. Stampfli – Beiträge zur Archäozoologie, Archäologie, Anthropologie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 19-30, Basel

Best

Christian
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> Am 17.10.2018 um 11:56 schrieb Josje van Leeuwen <josje89 at gmail.com>:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Hope you can help me with the identification of attached object. It was found some years ago in the city of Hoorn (the Netherlands) and identified as a "glis". I don't know the English word, but it's a predecessor of the ice skate. It was found in medieval context.
> I'm not convinced this is a glis. The polishing isn't flat but rounded and covers most of the front and sides. There seems to have been pressure on or near the two holes, as the bone is crushed here. The position of the holes also makes it difficult to think of an construction that would attacht this glis to a foot or sledge...
> 
> Does anyone know any parallels or can someone name a similar object? Any leads would be very helpful!
> 
> Thank you very much in advance,
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Josje
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