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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#548DD4'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#548DD4'>For me this object doesn’t smell horses cheek-pieces, nor even
element of horse harness. They are generally more curved, smaller section and
with different perforations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#548DD4'>I think that one should not be focused on the perforation but
rather on the two extremities, especially the smothed bevel. I think that the
perforation is not the active part of the object.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#548DD4'>For what I can see, the cut-marks seems made with flint and not
with a metal tool (or a metal tool very very very smothed…).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#548DD4'>So, even if I do not know this type of object, I don’t see
problem to find it in Neolithic layer, also Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#548DD4'>Noëlle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span
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bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>De
la part de</b> Alice Choyke<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> vendredi 30 avril 2010 14:32<br>
<b>À :</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [Bonetools] antler object from Iron Gates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Pam (and Selena of course)
- this was my first reaction but if it is a bridle cheek piece it is a VERY
primitive one. I actually really doubt that this piece was used this way.On the
other hand the the form of the hafting hole is very 'bronze-agey'. I was
thinking that it might be worthwhile to take a close look at those cut marks
under high magnifications to see what their profile looks like - were they cut
with a flint or a metal blade? That will tell you whether you have (as I
suspect) a stray Middle Bronze Age tool of some sort. If Noelle is reading this
I wonder how this object compares to her MBA Terremare materials which has
every kind of antler tool in it you can imagine.<br>
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Alice<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, <<a
href="mailto:PajX@aol.com">PajX@aol.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dear Selena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>This item looks very much like others which have been identified
as bridle cheek pieces (there's another name, but I'm not awake enough to
remember it at the moment - ps...). Quite an exciting find re aspects of horse
domestication/riding... The grooved wear line seems consistent with this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Such pieces have also be identified as other tools. You might find
this site of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.donsmaps.com/tools.html" target="_blank">http://www.donsmaps.com/tools.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>I'd love to hear more about the find context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Pam Cross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>PhD researcher, AGES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>University of Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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