[Bonetools] Bone pendant

[Petar Zidarov]

Dear Simeun,Please, bear in mind that chronology and cultural context are very important aspects when you study any kind of archaeological find. So, it is always a good start to indicate the site and the chronology of your piece if you want to get context specific answers. Even if it is not my special area of interest, I can recall quite a few similar objects from Early Middle Ages (VI-IX centuries AD) in neighbouring Bulgaria and if it is the case, I can lookup and share publications and illustrations in mediaeval manuscripts.Best regards, Petar

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  On вт, апр 14, 2026 at 14:20, Simeun Srdanović<simosrdanovic at gmail.com> wrote:   Dear dr Choyke,thank you for the literature, I am sure it will be more than enough for the start!
Kindest regards,
Simeunуто, 14. апр 2026. у 12:41 Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com> је написао/ла:

Dear Simeun,    There is a new interest in this subject. I published a paper on the subject some years ago which I am attaching here. I failed to include imitation where the size is deliberately altered (from normal size to bigger especially). Miniaturization is evident from your example as well.
Best,Alice
On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM Simeun Srdanović <simosrdanovic at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear dr Choyke,
Firstly, I would like ti express my excitement for your rapid answer! Thank you! This is very intersting POV, indeed!
I will definitely try to study this subject! (Imitation of objects). Do you maybe have any starting literature to suggest, I would be very grateful! If you have time, of course.
Otherwise, I will do it myself!
Thank you once again!
Kindest regards,
Simeun
уто, 14. апр 2026. у 11:45 Alice Choyke <choyke at gmail.com> је написао/ла:

Dear Simeun,      First of all, I think your 'bone' pendant is made from  antler - probably red deer or moose. Secondly, it looks rather new - there is certainly not much wear around the hole. It was obviously meant to be suspended but frankly, it reminds me of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and even Bronze age antler objects (from Hungary and Switzerland at least) made in imitation of composite objects. Imitation is an interesting subject and meant to enhance or draw attention to some intrinsic social value of the imitated object. For example - here is a little axe-blade shaped  object, manufactured out of bone and also meant to be suspended from a MBA context in Hungary. What is being imitated would either be a polished stone blade or a bronze axe-blade, not because metal blades were not widely available but because the shape holds layers of social meaning , the details of which can only be guessed about. Your object, to my eye looks like a hafted blade (knife?).
Alice

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM Simeun Srdanović <simosrdanovic at gmail.com> wrote:



Dear all,
firstly, I hope you are all doing well!
I have attached a photo of a app. 5cm long bone artefact, which was interpreted as a bone pendant.
In relation to this, I wanted to ask you for opinion or analogies, if you are familiar with it.
Thank you in advance!

Kindest regards,

Simeun Srdanović




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