[Bonetools] Fwd: Neolithic artefacts

[Pierre CATTELAIN]

Hello,

I think it is a belt or strap hook that reminds me of those published by Denis Ramseyer for the Neolithic of te Lake of Neuchâtel.

With best regards,


Pierre CATTELAIN
Directeur scientifique du Cedarc/Musée du Malgré-Tout
Coll. scient. au CRéA/Patrimoine de l’Université libre de Bruxelles
Coll. scient. au Service de Préhistoire de l’Université de Liège
28, rue de la Gare - B-5670 Treignes - Belgique
pcattela at ulb.ac.be
0476 96 70 54




> Le 14 janv. 2019 à 18:42, Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Dear colleagues,
>      I am forwarding this message to the mailing list because Olivier is having trouble contacting the list directly. We are working on a solution. In the meanwhile - if any of you have insights into his query could you write back to the list as well as to Olivier directly?
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> Best,
> Alice
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> From: PUTELAT Olivier <olivier.putelat at archeologie.alsace>
> Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 6:07 PM
> Subject: [Bonetools] Neolithic artefacts
> 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 <mailto:bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>>
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> Objet : Neolithic artefacts
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> 
> Dear colleagues, I wish you a happy new year.
> 
> I write in hopes that you may be able to lend me a hand in analysing some recently excavated Neolithic bone artefacts.
> 
> In 2016, excavations at Holtzheim (15 km west of Strasbourg, Alsace, France) turned up a human double-burial in a silo-pit (n° 1129), dated to the recent Neolithic, the ‘Munzingen’ period, around 3700 BCE. A dog skeleton was associated with the burial, individual 2 especially.
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>  A ceramic vase was also found above the left shoulder of individual 2. In contact with the vase, and under the shoulder and forearm of the individual 2, we as well discovered three bone artifacts (fig. 1129-OTR).
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>  
>  Object 01655-OTR-1129-1 was made from a bovid metacarpal and has a rectangular shape (length 203 mm). The dorsal surface of the metacarpal is polished and well preserved throughout its length. Two holes were drilled through proximal epiphysis. The medial and lateral sides of the bone were detached when the object was manufactured. This is also the case for most of the palmar surface, of which only the distal quarter is still represented. The inner portion of the dorsal surface is polished on its proximal three quarters.
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>  Objects 01655-OTR-1129-2 and 01655-OTR-1129-3 were manufactured from an ulna and a bird's radius. The bird in question was probably a ‘Cygne de Bewick’ (Whistling Swan, Cygnus bewickii). The epiphyses have been separated from the diaphyses.
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> I wonder do you know of similar deposits? And how would you interpret the function of these objects?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Best regards, Olivier.
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> Olivier PUTELAT
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