<div>If this was a prehistoric piece from the Carpathian Basin I would hypothesize that it was a asdz-like hafted tool but hopefully other people who have worked on medieval rural sites in the region will have also seen similar things? Guessing at actual function without a scrap of use wear analysis is not terribly reasonable though.</div>
<div> </div><div>A.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Idoia Grau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:idoia_grau@hotmail.com" target="_blank">idoia_grau@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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It is a rural context, a small village. It was found inside a posthole.<div class="im"><br><br><strong><font face="Tahoma">Idoia Grau Sologestoa</font></strong>
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To: <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>Subject: Re: [Bonetools] suggestions?<br><br></div><div><div class="h5"><div>And the date is Early Medieval which in absolutel terms is what in your part of the world. Is it from a rural or urban context?</div>
<div> </div><div>Alice<br><br></div><div>On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Idoia Grau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:idoia_grau@hotmail.com" target="_blank">idoia_grau@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Yes, red deer antler. It was broken in several pieces, but in the picture I sent it was restored. Only one fragment was not glued because it was found in a different deposit from the rest.<div><br><br><strong><font face="Tahoma">Idoia Grau Sologestoa</font></strong>
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Dear Idoia,<br>
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Is this antler? I cannot see from the picture if or where the object is broken.<br><br>
Best wishes, Marloes<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<br><br>I would very much appreciate if any of you could make any suggestion about the function of this artifact (see attached picture) or could give me some parallel. It was recovered in an early medieval site in northern Spain. The context is dated in the 6th-7th century.<br>
<br>Thank you very much in advance.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Idoia<br><br><strong><font face="Tahoma">Idoia Grau Sologestoa</font></strong>
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