[Bonetools] unknown object

[Thanik Lertcharnrit]

Dear All,

I wonder if anyone has seen or uncovered similar bone tools like these, and wonder what they are, fishing tools perhaps. They were accidentally found during plantation in central Thailand. We think the artifacts, based on relative chronology, date to around 3,000 bp or late Neolithic in the context of Southeast Asia.

All the best,
Thanik

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Thanik Lertcharnrit, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Archaeology
Silpakorn University
31 Na Phra Lan Road
Phra Nakhon District
Bangkok 10200
Thailand 



> On 14 Jul BE 2563, at 2:15 PM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Alice, 
> I have recieved another pictures, but the person who has found the object can not tell whether it has been made with metal tools or not. The diameter of the holes is circa 2 mm. He can not confirm use wear too.
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> Best wishes, Marloes
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> Van: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> namens Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com>
> Verzonden: zondag 5 juli 2020 14:22
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Bonetools] unknown object
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> Dear Marloes,
>     Can you say whether it was manufactured using metal tools - that would at least eliminate the Mesolithic or Neolithic. Frankly, here in the Carpathian Basin, nice neat holes like that only appear at the beginning of our Late Bronze Age, around 1200 BC. Do the holes show any directional wear which might be a clue to whether the little plaque could 'clap' .
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> Alice
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> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 10:01 PM Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> 
> I am sending you two pictures of a bone object which has been found in the Netherlands. It could be dated from any period and there is no clear context. But maybe one of you has seen something like this or knows any parallels?
> 
> Thanks in advance and best wishes,
> 
> Marloes
> 
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