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<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear
Olivier,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>This nice
object looks like a weaving shuttle. Exact parallels were used in
Israel since the Neolithic period (6th-5th millenia BCE).
cf.: </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>Bar Yosef, Ofer. 1988. <EM>Nahal</EM> <EM>Hemar
Cave</EM> ('Atiqot Series). Israel Antiquities Authority. Jerusalem
(Neolithic).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>Bar Adon, Pesah. 1980. <EM>The Cave of the Treasures,
The Finds from the Caves in Nahal Mishmar</EM>. Israel Exploration Society.
Jerusalem (Chalcolithic). Good photo of the same: Ayalon, Etan and Sorek,
Chagit. 1999. <EM>Bare Bones, Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones</EM>
(Catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum). Tel Aviv, Fig.
27.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>And so on, it has not changed in many
periods.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>Sincerely yours</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>Etan Ayalon</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140531905-19102010><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=015314405-19102010>Israel </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>PUTELAT
Olivier<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 18, 2010 5:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mailing
list for archaeologists of the research group for thestudy ofobject and waste of
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear colleagues, we found on the settlement of Erstein
(late bronze age), located near Strasbourg (Alsace, France), an antler artefact
(photos attached). The dimensions are as follows: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Does somebody have an idea of the possible function of
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks in advance. Sincerely yours.
OP.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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