[Bonetools] WBRG website updates April 2026

Sat Apr 4 21:07:19 CEST 2026

Dear WBRG members,

This month's bonetool is again something non-European, two Aztec bone awls exhibited in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Ciudad de México:
https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/ <https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/>

Kinga Winnicka would like to inform you that program of the session “Prehistoric Textile Tool Kits: From the Baltic to the Mediterranean” at the 7th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology in Warsaw, which will take place this month on the 13th of April, is finalised now (see attached PDF). It is possible to participate online via the following Link:
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/94756240277?pwd=UKM4p4AhSNGVY2JNUf2b7VH2OkIgbU.1 <https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/94756240277?pwd=UKM4p4AhSNGVY2JNUf2b7VH2OkIgbU.1>
The information has also been updated on the respective page on the WBRG website:
https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/session-warsaw-2026

The workshop „Engraved bones: Engraved bones: Gripping aids, signs, and decorations“ to be held 6th-9th of May 2026 in Berlin has moved its website to
https://uispp.net/en/commissions/activities/international-conference-engraving-bones <https://uispp.net/en/commissions/activities/international-conference-engraving-bones>
The workshop poster is available here:
https://uispp.net/sites/uispp.net/files/2026-01/Poster_EVINE-UISPP_Conference_2026.pdf <https://uispp.net/sites/uispp.net/files/2026-01/Poster_EVINE-UISPP_Conference_2026.pdf>
All information can be found also on the meeting page on the WBRG website:
https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/uispp-berlin-2026/ <https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/uispp-berlin-2026/>

Mateo Bormetti is seeking for somebody willing to do a book review for the ICAZ newsletter 2027(1) about the new book by Ian Riddler and Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski (The Craft of Antler, Bone, Horn and Ivory Working in the Early Medieval Emporia c. AD 600-850). The review author will receive a free copy of the book. The deadline for the review is mid November 2026. Please get in touch with Matteo via icaznewsletterassistant at gmail.com <mailto:icaznewsletterassistant at gmail.com>.

New references in WBRG reference database:

# Borao Álvarez, María (2011): Las azagayas monobiseladas con decoración en espiga: un rasgo estilístico de amplia difusión en el inicio del Magdaleniense. in: Moya, P. R. (ed.):  Actas de las II Jornadas de Jóvenes en Investigación Arqueológica (Madrid, 6, 7 y 8 de mayo de 2009), 673-679, Madrid

# Borao Álvarez, María Isabel (2012): Estudio tecnológico y tipológico de los útiles fabricados sobre materias duras animales en el Magdaleniense superior de la Cova de les Cendres (Teulada-Moraira, Alicante). – Saguntum 44, 17-37
>>> DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/SAGVNTVM.44.1653 <https://doi.org/10.7203/SAGVNTVM.44.1653>

# Borao Álvarez, María Isabel (2016): Debitage by fracturing in the osseous industry of Parpalló: a preliminary study. – Quaternary International 403, 118-131
>>> DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.020 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.020>

# Borao Álvarez, María Isabel (2019): Estudio tecnológico y tipológico de la industria ósea badeguliense y magdaleniense de la Cova del Parpalló (Gandía, Valencia), PhD thesis Universitat de València, València
>>> Download: https://roderic.uv.es/handle/10550/75217

# Borao Álvarez, María Isabel (2022): Bone technology in the Badegoulian and Magdalenian of Parpalló (Valencia, Spain): a diachronic vision. – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 46(4):103679
>>> DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103679 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103679>

# Bradfield, Justin & Langley, Michelle C. (2026): Bone Tool Diversity During the Stone Age: More Insights into the Human Story. – Journal of Archaeological Research 34, 151-205
>>> DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-025-09211-2 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-025-09211-2>

# Cerezo-Fernández, Rosana / Cueto, Marian / Tapia, Jesús / Àlvarez-Fernández, Esteban (2024): Bevelled tools from Tito Bustillo Cave (Asturias, Northern Spain). Revisiting an Understudied Magdalenian Antler Tool. in: Marković, Dimitrije & Mladenović, Teodora (eds.): Case Studies in European Zooarchaeology, British Archaeological Reports International Series 3192, Oxford
>>> Download: https://www.academia.edu/attachments/121012990/download_file?s=profile

# Deshpande-Mukherjee, Arati / Bisht, Ravindra Singh / Biswas, Arpita (2024): Shell ladles, enigmatic objects of the Indus Valley civilisation: a study of their manufacture at Dholavira in Gujarat, India. in: Alcàntara Fors, Roger / Saña Seguí, Maria / Tornero Dacasa, Carlos (eds.): Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIV. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, June 3-7, 2019, British Archaeological Reports International Series 3171, 35-48, Oxford

# Mărgărit, Monica / Popescu, Anca-Diana / Stănescu, Mădălina / Ion, Rodica-Mariana / Slămnoiu-Teodorescu, Sofia / Cristea-Stan, Daniela (2026): Adornments in Funeral Contexts: Analysis of a Necklace from the Bronze Age Cemetery at Cândești, Romania. – Heritage 9(3)
>>> DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage9030106 <https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage9030106>

# Moreno-Garcia, Marta & Pimenta, Carlos (2026): Recuperando historias perdidas: el conjunto de industria ósea del siglo XVI procedente de la prisión del Aljube (Lisboa, Portugal). in: Blasco Martin, Marta / Christensen, Marianne / Meza, Abigail / Pérez Roldán, Gilberto (eds.): Hueso, asta, diente y marfil vistos desde sus perfiles biológico, tipológico y tecnológico. Una perspectiva iberoamericana, 267-292, Ciudad de México
>>> Download: https://editorialiia.unam.mx/omp/index.php/publicaciones/catalog/view/hueso_asta_diente_marfil/239/526

# Vitezović, Selena (2024): Bone industry in the Eneolithic Kostolac-Coţofeni cultural complex in the Balkans. in: Alcàntara Fors, Roger / Saña Seguí, Maria / Tornero Dacasa, Carlos (eds.): Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIV. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, June 3-7, 2019, British Archaeological Reports International Series 3171, 21-34, Oxford

With kind regards.

Christian

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