[Bonetools] question about manufacturing time

[Akira Ono]

Dear Naomi,
Which do you mean simple flaked or polished?
I attached my experimentation sample of bifacial flaked bone point made 
of a cattle femur bone. It has taken more or less five minutes.
Best regards,

Akira Ono
Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University

----- Original Message -----
> On page 65, Pétrequin refers to simple bone points taking 5 minutes to 
make, elaborate ones 1-3 hours, which sounds about right.
> 
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> Pétrequin, Pierre
> 
> 1993        North wind, south wind: Neolithic technical choices in the 
Jura Mountains, 3700-2400 BC. In Technological Choices: Transformation 
in Material Cultures Since the Neolithic. P. Lemonnier, ed. Pp. 36-76. 
London: Routledge.
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> 
> Nerissa Russell
> Professor
> Anthropology
> Cornell Institute of Archaeology & Material Studies
> 
> 
> From: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of 
Naomi Martisius <nlmartisius at ucdavis.edu>
> Reply-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>
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 6:18 PM
> To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the 
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> Subject: [Bonetools] question about manufacturing time
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Does anyone know of any research out there discussing how long it 
might take to manufacture bone or antler points?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best,
> Naomi
> 
> --
> Naomi L. Martisius, PhD
> Associate Researcher, Department of Anthropology,
> University of California, Davis
> Davis, CA 95616
> email: nlmartisius at ucdavis.edu<mailto:nlmartisius at ucdavis.edu>
> 
> Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Human Evolution,
> Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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