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I: <i>Die frühgeschichtlichen Marschensiedlung beim Elisenhof in Eiderstedt. Studien zur Küstenarchaölogie Schleswig-Holsteins. </i>Serie A Elisenhof, Band 3. Frankfurt am Main.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greetings,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sarah Qvistgaard</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Museumsinspektør<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#FF9900' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=189 height=53 id="Billede_x0020_13" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBD4C7.6A8C2160" alt="SM logo"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Sydvestjyske Museer<br>Odins Plads 1<br>DK-6760 Ribe<br><br>Tlf. 76 163939<br><br><a href="mailto:cf@sydvestjyskemuseer.dk"><span style='color:blue'>sq@sydvestjyskemuseer.dk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fra:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>På vegne af </b>Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen<br><b>Sendt:</b> 24. februar 2011 18:55<br><b>Til:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [Bonetools] object 16/17th c<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dear all,<br> <br>Thank you for all of your comments! I was thinking about a composite comb too (I have seen many combs with very regular spaced teeth) .There are a just few examples of composite combs in the Netherlands from the late medieval period (14th/15th century), however I haven't seen any later dated examples.. Maybe it is nog very well visible in the photograph, but the upper side is sligthly curved, which is not very useful for a folding ruler I believe. It is made of bone or antler. <br> <br>Best wishes,<br> <br>Marloes<br> <br>(Steve, it is the same!)<br><br> <br>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:46:00 +0100<br>> From: info@bikkelenbeen.nl<br>> To: bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] object 16/17th c<br>> <br>> Hello everybody,<br>> <br>> My name is Monica Tielens from the Netherlands. Since a year or so I am<br>> reading this mailing list. I find it very interesting because I am a bone<br>> carver. When I saw the picture at first I had the same idea, ruler or<br>> piece of a composite comb. But it is to regular for a composite comb, and<br>> you see that the maker has made a mistake in making it regular, just a<br>> little bit right from the middle part. If you are making a comb you are<br>> not doing this. The angle is different. And what my opinion is that there<br>> has been no composite combs in the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th<br>> century but perhaps Marloes knows more about this period.<br>> <br>> Greetings Monica Tielens<br>> Bikkel en Been<br>> <br>> > Of course, the comb hypothesis makes total sense. Marloes - did such<br>> > composite combs exist in the 16th-17th century?<br>> ><br>> > Alice<br>> ><br>> > 2011/2/21 Bénédicte Khan <benedicte.khan@gmail.com><br>> ><br>> >> Hello Marlos and Alice,<br>> >><br>> >> I know there are wooden equivalents existing where several of these<br>> >> where<br>> >> attached together so it would be a bigger ruler when needed and then<br>> >> could<br>> >> be shortened by folding one back on another. But I must admit that the<br>> >> piece<br>> >> you sent seems a little too short to belong to such a system.. But why<br>> >> not?<br>> >> Moreover, the fact that the sides are not flat does bug me a little,<br>> >> because it could be hard to measure properly with a non straight ruler..<br>> >><br>> >> It looks a lot more like the central part of a composite comb to me, as<br>> >> those found in Roman and Medieval contexts. Indeed, there is a part of a<br>> >> composite comb found in France that wears almost the same marks (though<br>> >> it<br>> >> is more decorated, the cuts on the longest sides are definitely there).<br>> >> You<br>> >> can find it in J.C Beal's catalogue *Les objets de tabletterie antique<br>> >> du<br>> >> musée archéologique de Nîmes, *1984. N°384.<br>> >><br>> >> Here's the object I'm talking about: the cuts may not be as regular as<br>> >> yours, but I hope this might still help.<br>> >><br>> >> Sincerely,<br>> >><br>> >> Bénédicte.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> 2011/2/21 Alice Choyke <h13017cho@iif.hu><br>> >><br>> >> Dear Marlos,<br>> >>> It does look like a ruler in some manufacturing process where large<br>> >>> and small units of equal size need to be marked out. You do have the<br>> >>> most<br>> >>> interesting objects. I wonder if there is some modern equivelent in<br>> >>> metal?<br>> >>><br>> >>> Alice<br>> >>><br>> >>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <<br>> >>> marloesrijkelijkhuizen@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>>> Dear all,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Any suggestions? (16th/17th century AD).<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Best, Marloes<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>>> Bonetools mailing list<br>> >>>> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> >>>> https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>><br>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>> >>> Bonetools mailing list<br>> >>> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> >>> https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Bonetools mailing list<br>> >> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> >> https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<br>> >><br>> >><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Bonetools mailing list<br>> > Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> > https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Bonetools mailing list<br>> Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br>> https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>