[Bonetools] Help identifying tool

[Christoforos Arampatzis]

Accoding to the program of the WBRG meeting in 2016, Petar Zidarov
presented some similar items from the Eastern Balkans.

I have also seen some more elaborated versions of these items in
Northern Greece.


2021-05-06 22:04 GMT-07:00, Haskel Greenfield <Haskel.Greenfield at umanitoba.ca>:
> Hi. I have also seen them in Neolithic sites from the central Balkans.
> All the best
> Haskel
>
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> University of Manitoba
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> Hi all,
>
> I don’t think we can talk in this case about possible "function" or call
> this artefact from the formal point of view unequivocally somehow because in
> all the mentioned cases (bâton percé, mattock, axe, adze et
> cetera) such classification is determined by the form of a tool, i. e.
> presence and location of the working edge. If the form is preserved we can
> sometimes use it to define the probable chronology of artefact like in the
> case of bâton percé (Late Palaeolithic or Mesolithic).
> However, I don’t think this is an artefact of this type because as far as I
> know at least in Mesolithic they were not used in Romania (as I suppose this
> is a place it comes from). For me, it can be a part of any type of adze/axe
> and can be generally dated from Mesolithic to even Iron Age. The closer
> dating can be sometimes suggested looking at the way the perforation was
> made. In this case, it looks drilled with the use of a wooden drill and
> sand, so probably (at least in my
> opinion) we deal here with Mesolithic or Neolithic artefact.
>
> Best regards
>
> Grzegorz
>
>
> Cytowanie Imola Kelemen <imonox at yahoo.com>:
>
>> Dear everyone,A friend of mine asked for help, they're trying to ID
>> some old inventory pieces in their museum.
>> Have you seen anything like the tool in the pictures attached? I can
>> see it is made of antler, but could you help in identifying its
>> function and/or the time period most probably used in?I hope it's
>> familiar to some of you!
>> Thank you in advance for any information!All the best to
>> everyone,Imola dr. Imola Kelemen Muzeul Secuiesc al Ciucului
>> 530132 Miercurea Ciuc, RO
>> Piata Cetatii Nr. 2.
>> Tel./Fax. +40 266 311 727
>> www.csikimuzeum.ro
>>
>>
>>
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> Dr hab. Grzegorz Osipowicz, prof. UMK
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