[Bonetools] WBRG website updates July 2021

Thu Jul 1 19:13:10 CEST 2021

Dear list members,

this month's bonetools are two Bronze Age perforated long bone sections found near Toledo, sent as a request to the list by Marta Moreno Garcia last December.
https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/ <https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/>
Suggestions about function, comparative items, etc. would still be welcome.

Since October 2010 every month a new bonetool has been added to the WBRG website, which sums up to a substantial amount of 130 items at present. Already a couple of years ago I felt that I am losing the overview and to avoid double entries I listed all bonetools shown so far in a table. Alice Choyke suggested to put the list online, since it maybe of interest for others as well. This list of bonetools of the month 2010-2021 is now available for download at the bottom of the „Bonetool of the month Archives:
https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/ <https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/>
https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Bonetools-of-the-month-2010-2021.pdf <https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Bonetools-of-the-month-2010-2021.pdf>

I try to keep a variety regarding geographical, cultural and chronological provenance of the bone artefacts shown as bonetool of the month, but as you can see from the table, the list is still very much Europe centered. Therefore, I would like to encourage especially colleagues working in other parts of the world to send me bone artefacts for this purpose. It doesn’t have to be a big or elaborated thing. Just some pictures and a few context information like find location, context, dating, raw material, related publications, etc. will do.

New websites linked to the directory of bone workers (https://www.wbrg.net/links/bone-workers/ <https://www.wbrg.net/links/bone-workers/>):
# Martin Lominy • Aboriginal Technologies (Montreal, Canada): https://www.abotec.ca/ <https://www.abotec.ca/>
# Greg Stradiotto • Netsuke Carving (USA): https://www.greggstradiotto.com <https://www.greggstradiotto.com/>
# Edith Exo • bone flutes (Wischhafen, Germany): http://www.knochenfloeten.de/ <http://www.knochenfloeten.de/>

The list of bone workers is also still very much biased by my personal contacts and thus towards German and Northern European artisans. I am sure there are many more out in the world. So, if you happen to come across any bone workers, who have at least a website, please let me know. The directory would benefit from a geographical broadening.

References added to the database:

# Alt, Kurt W. / Bücker, Ch. / Newesely, H. (1994): Ein Elfenbeinring aus dem völkerwanderungszeitlichen Grab 1 von Mengen-„Löchleacker“, Kr. Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. – Archäologische Nachrichten aus Baden 51-52, 37-44 

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban & Jöris, O. (2008): Personal ornaments in the Early UpperPaleolithic of Western Eurasia: an evaluation of the record. – Eurasian Prehistory 5(2), 31-44

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban (2009): Magdalenian personal ornaments on the move: a review of the current evidence in Central Europe. – Zephyrus 63(1), 49-59

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban (2010): Shell beads of the last hunter-gatherers and earliest farmers in south-western Europe. – Munibe (Antropologia - Arkeologia) 61, 129-138

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban (2010): Personal ornaments in Europe during the Solutrean: evidences from Cantabrian Spain. – Sautuola 16, 45-52

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban (2011): Personal ornaments made from mollusc shells in Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: news and views. in: Cakirlar, Canan (ed.): Archaeomalacology Revisited: Non-dietary Use of Molluscs in Archaeological Settings, 1-8, Oxford

# Àlvarez-Fernandez, Esteban / Barrera, I. / Fernández-Gómez, M. J. (2019): Personal Ornaments in Early Prehistory Living Among Personal Ornaments During the Magdalenian: Some Reflections About Perforated Marine Shells in Cantabrian Spain. – PaleoAnthropology 116, 136

# Babucke, V. (1999): Die Runeninschrift auf dem Elfenbeinring von Pforzen (Allgäu): 1. Der archäologische Befund. – Historische Sprachforschung Ergänzungsheft 41, 121-126

# Banerjee, Arun (2002): Art- und Herkunftsbestimmung von Elfenbein mit Hilfe von zerstörungsfrei arbeitenden Methoden. – Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 40, 175-195  

# Cutler, Anthony (1985): The craft of ivory. Sources, techniques and uses in the Mediterranean World A.D. 200–1400, Washington

# Gutiérrez-Zugasti, I. & Cuenca-Solana, D. (2015): Ornaments from the Magdalenian burial area in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, northern Spain). Were they grave goods?. – Journal of Archaeological Science 60, 112-124

# Hills, C. (2001): From Isidore to isotopes: Ivory rings in Early Medieval graves. in: Hamerow, H. & MacGregor, Arthur G. (eds.): Image and power in the archaeology of Early Medieval Britain, 131-146, Oxford

# Meiner, J. (1996): Die Hochzeit zu Kana und der Hauptmann von Kafarnaum. Ein frühchristlicher Elfenbeinkamm aus Griesheim (Hessen). – Antike Welt 27, 387-391

# Riha, E. (1990): Der römische Schmuck aus Augst und Kaiseraugst, Forschungen in Augst 10

# von Carnap-Bornheim, Claus (1994): Some observations on Roman militaria of ivory. – Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 5, 27-32 

With kind regards.

Christian

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