<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>This is a typical neolithic implement, which is difficult to identify. As it is made, on a flake of bone I should see it more in the Early Neolithic Linearband Pottery Culture or Chalolithic than other periods. Not a tip, not a cutting edge, not a smooth top, use wear traces should say more but generally badly preserved, this kind of artifact stay a mystery. I can send examples to the colleague, especially from LBK. Isabelle Sidéra</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Le 8 sept. 08 à 17:04, Christian Küchelmann a écrit :</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear all,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I got a request from an Austrian colleague which I would like to forward to you. The bonetool illustrated below has been found recently in Innsbruck, Tyrolia, Austria. It was manufactured from a cattle femur. Its special character is that the pointed end has one sharp edged side and one gauged out side. 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