hi all,<br><br>There are similar artifacts from the American Southwest, from the site of Kuaua, for example. They are engraved and have red pigments, although they are less figurative.<br><br>Beth<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Pavel Kosintsev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kpa@ipae.uran.ru">kpa@ipae.uran.ru</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello Poplin,<br>
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Thursday, August 18, 2011, 11:25:43 AM, you wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
this is the third phalanx of a lion.<br>
best, Pavel Kosintsev<br>
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pmf> Dear all,<br>
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pmf> it's the very first time I see such a thing ! An engraved third<br>
pmf> phalanx (for the claw) of lion or bear (I am on vacation, I have not<br>
pmf> comparative collection...) I would say rather lion, but one have to be<br>
pmf> cautious : some bear's 3rd ph. could have such a big developpement of<br>
pmf> the thin part which covers the base of the claw. And this is not so<br>
pmf> far waway from the mychenian/archaïc lion discveries of Greece<br>
pmf> (Thyrins, for instance for mycenian times, and I have identified Lion<br>
pmf> both in Delphi and Tegea - this one not that far from Nemea...).<br>
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pmf> That was the "firt aid".<br>
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pmf> Have you, Márta Tassi, lion/bear bones in your excavation ? elsewhere<br>
pmf> in the neighbourhood ?<br>
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pmf> Márta Tassi <<a href="mailto:hadarcska@yahoo.co.uk">hadarcska@yahoo.co.uk</a>> a écrit :<br>
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>> Dear all,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> This bone bird<br>
>> came to light from a pit from the Chalcolitic period (Furchenstich<br>
>> culture) in<br>
>> Hungary. Do you know any parallels? <br>
>> I haven?t any idea what kind of bone was<br>
>> used. Thank you for your suggestion.<br>
>><br>
>> Best regards,Marta Daroczi-Szabo<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <br>
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