<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I thought they might have something to do with acting as loom weights or something to do with textile production. I could be very wrong.<div>Best</div><div>Salima</div><div><br><div><div>On 28 Jan 2010, at 21:18, Alice Choyke wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Here is a letter from a Czech archaeozoologist who is not on the mailing list: I will forward all your answers to him or, if you want to respond directly, his address is: <a href="mailto:kysely@arup.cas.cz">kysely@arup.cas.cz</a>. However please cc the list as well because I am sure many of are curious about such objects.<br> <br>Alice<br><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Alice, </span></font></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">such perforated cattle phalanges (attachement) are relatively common in czech middle Eneolithic. Please, can you advice me literature or give idea what can be the function of them? (weight?, playing tool?)</span></font></div><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p><br><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">René</span></font></div><br> <span><Dvory - BT - Ph I-2Kysely.jpg></span>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Salima Ikram</div><div>Professor of Egyptology</div><div>American University in Cairo</div><div>P. O. Box 74, Road 90, Tagammu 5</div><div>New Cairo 11825, EGYPT</div><div><a href="mailto:salimaikram@gmail.com">salimaikram@gmail.com</a></div><div>Fax: 20227957565</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>