[Bonetools] Two indeterminate specimens from NW Anatolia

[Petar Zidarov]

Dear Hazal,Sorry, it's only now that I see your message...
I am not exactly sure about the use of your objects or their place in the manufacturing continuum either as preforms or finished prodicts, but Hristina Markova from Nova Zagora museum published comparable examples from Northern Bulgaria - the sites of Hotnitsa-Orlovka and Gradishte near Levski - and suggests that they could be the finials of bone spoon handles although they should admittedly date to the third quarter of the 6th mill. BC when the number of bone spoons declines and their morphology changes significantly. Here are links to the articles I have in mind:- Hotnitsa-Orlovka - https://www.academia.edu/39721262/Bone_industry_from_the_Late_neolithic_site_Hotnitsa_Orlovka- Gradishte - https://www.academia.edu/43625522/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_Objects_of_hard_animal_tissue_from_the_Neolithic_settlement_Golo_bardo_nearby_village_of_Gradishte_preliminary_report_
A somewhat similar object is illustrated on the cover of Corneliu Beldiman's book and as far as I remember it is from Starcevo context in Romania - so closer in time to your pieces. Unfortunately, I don't have the book with me to ofer you a closer reference but you may have better access to libraries. Here is the title: Beldiman, C. 2007. Industria materiilor dure animale în preistoria României. Resurse naturale, comunități umane şi tehnologie din paleoliticul superior până în neoliticul timpuriu. Studii de Preistorie Supplementum 2. Bucureşti: Pro Universitaria. 
So, if I am not mistaken the combination of the above mentioned would illustrate a continuous tradition in the area of the Lower Danube lasting for several hundred years at least. Respectively, the weight of the evidence may point to a local Balkan phenomenon that may originate before the Neolithization of the region and to surface in your assemblage, especially if it is from Asagi Pinar in Eastern Thrace.
I hope this brings you forward!Best wishes,Petar--  Petar Zidarov 
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    On Monday, May 23, 2022, 08:06:00 PM GMT+3, Hazal Azeri <hazalazeri at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 
Dearall,

Currently, I am working on worked bone specimens from a Neolithic settlement inNorthwestern Anatolia (5900 cal BC.), and I have come across two objects (please find the pdf file attached). May I kindly ask for your help in this regard? 




Mightthey be preforms of a hook or an object used in clothing? 




Sincerely yours.


HazalAzeri
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