[Bonetools] tools made on bird bones

[Hans Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Dale,

apart from the articles by Helen Leaf (2006, 2007) you mentioned to me last year, the only other worked bird bone that fits to your search criteria I am aware of at present is the 11th-12th century flute from York, made of a swan ulna published by MacGregor et al. (1999, 1977-1978, 2021, fig. 935). 

Best

Christian

Reference:

# Leaf, Helen (2006): English Medieval Bone Flutes: A Brief Introduction. – Galpin Society Journal 59, 13-19

# Leaf, Helen (2007): Medieval Bone Flutes in England. in: Pluskowski, Aleksander G. (ed.): Breaking and Shaping Beastly Bodies: Animals as Material Culture in the Middle Ages, Oxford

# MacGregor, Arthur G. & Mainman, Ailsa J. (1999): Comb making evidence. in: MacGregor, Arthur G. / Mainman, Ailsa J. / Rogers, Nicola S. H. (eds.): Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York, The Archaeology of York 17/12, 1917-1941, York
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> Am 11.06.2022 um 16:52 schrieb Dale Serjeantson <D.Serjeantson at SOTON.AC.UK>:
> 
> Hello Bone tool community,
> I am currently doing a survey of archaeological remains of wild birds from Britain and Ireland. I now have quite a large database of reports where wild birds were identified and have been surprised how few tools made on bird bones have been reported. 
>  
> So I would be grateful for any references to examples I may have  missed, especially if accompanied with the relevant pdf.
>  
> Sadly space will not allow me to include chicken bones or examples from outside the narrow geographical area of Britain and Ireland but I am always happy to hear about them.
>  
> Best wishes,
> Dale
>  
> Dale Serjeantson
> Visiting Fellow
> Archaeology
> University of Southampton
>  
> https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/dale.page
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