[Bonetools] Bone pendant

Wed Apr 15 10:05:45 CEST 2026

Jie brings up an important point -  there should be wear traces on these
miniature imitations BUT the wear and its location should be different from
what one would expect on an actual blade in a handle, knife-like tool. Why,
because they were used for different things with different gestures.

Alice

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM Simeun Srdanović <simosrdanovic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Jie,
> thank you for the answer.
>
> That is a very interesting interpretation I started to read about
> yesterday, indeed!
>
> Thank you for advices, I will recheck traces!
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Simeun
>
>
> сре, 15. апр 2026. у 01:08 Jie Shen <jieshen9 at stanford.edu> је написао/ла:
>
>> Dear Simeun,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing this interesting object. I totally agreed with the
>> idea that it may imitate a knife/dagger considering the guard and the butt.
>> I just want to add a little bit upon Alice's discussion,the photo does not
>> show the details of cuttign edge or blade tip, if there's any use-wears
>> that may tell us if the object was put into uses for just function as
>> ornament. And the length of blade seems to be shorter than handle, which
>> may indicate it imitates the hunter's knife or tool knife instead of a
>> combat knife. Also, if the object is not thoroughly cleaned, you may still
>> have the chance to collect some residue samples from the drilled hole which
>> will tell you if the stirngs used to hang the object are made of some types
>> of plant fibers.
>>
>> Hope your research goes well!
>>
>> Best,
>> Jie
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>> *From:* Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of
>> Simeun Srdanović <simosrdanovic at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 14, 2026 04:20
>> *To:* Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
>> study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn. <
>> bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Bonetools] Bone pendant
>>
>> Dear dr Choyke, thank you for the literature, I am sure it will be more
>> than enough for the start! Kindest regards, Simeun уто, 14. апр 2026. у 12:
>> 41 Alice Choyke <choyke@ gmail. com> је написао/ла: Dear Simeun, There
>> is a new interest in
>> Dear dr Choyke,
>> thank you for the literature, I am sure it will be more than enough for
>> the start!
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Simeun
>> уто, 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
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> 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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