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Dear Corina,<BR>
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Why is it not possible to make such narrow teeth with saws from that period? <BR>
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I can only tell you about the technology of medieval/postmedieval ivory lice combs, if you are interested:<BR>
<A href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/454786w520h27327/fulltext.pdf">http://www.springerlink.com/content/454786w520h27327/fulltext.pdf</A><BR><BR>
Thanks for the pdf and best wishes,<BR>
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Marloes<BR> <BR>
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<DIV id=SkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV>Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 21:23:10 +0200<BR>From: corina.liesau@uam.es<BR>To: bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<BR>Subject: [Bonetools] bonze age ivory comb<BR><BR><PRE> <BR>Dear all,<BR>I would like to ask the experts about the bone technology in a Bronze <BR>Age comb (1750-1650a.C) from the southeast of the Iberian Península. <BR>This is not a unique case, but rare. The INCENTIVS studies made in <BR>Mainz reveal that it was made from Loxodonta africana africana.<BR> <BR>Size: 50 mm long and 4mm thick. Spaces between the teeth are 0,2 mm <BR>and when they got broken, the comb continued to be used exhaustively, <BR>so it seems to be a functional comb.<BR> <BR>I'm specially interested in the technology of the comb. Copper saws <BR>are known in Iberia from that time but it is not possible to get so <BR>narrow teeth and the awls are made with copper and some arsenic and <BR>I'm not sure if they would be able to make these teeth.<BR> <BR>My hypothesis is that this comb could be a lice-comb. I do not discard <BR>that the holes are to have a better grip of it, especially to avoid <BR>slithering if any oily product was applied on the hair to capture <BR>lice. Small distances allow in modern lice combs to “capture” adult <BR>lice and also nits.<BR> <BR>Some Aegean combs have similar shapes, but not these big holes. Does <BR>anybody have any suggestions about the technology and use of this comb?<BR> <BR>Thanks in advance<BR> <BR>In the next mail I send a pdf about another ivory pieces from iberian <BR>Bellbeaker inhumations.<BR> <BR>**********************************<BR>Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck<BR> <BR>Dpto. De Prehistoria y Arqueología<BR>Facultad de Filosofía y Letras<BR>Universidad Autónoma de Madrid<BR>C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 1<BR>28049 Madrid<BR>Tel: 00 34 91 4972012<BR>Fax: 00 34 91 4974435<BR> <BR> <BR></PRE><BR>_______________________________________________ Bonetools mailing list Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</DIV> </div></body>
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