<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Amy,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Yes, that's a possibility. We know that Iroquoians had many kinds of gaming devices: ceramic tokens, bone cup-and-pin games, various ball games, etc. However, I have never seen an object like this one in any iroquoian bone tool assemblage... Also, the object is broken so it doesn't help in trying to find a possible function...</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;
"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Thanks for your input! I will definitely further investigate that possibility.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Christian</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'lucida console', sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> "Margaris, Amy V."
<amy.margaris@oberlin.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> Christian Gates St-Pierre <cgates70@yahoo.fr>; "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> vendredi 19 octobre 2012 12h26<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [Bonetools] Mysterious bone objects from Canada<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1544179460">Hello Christian,<br>Could the middle (rectangular x-sectioned) object be a gaming piece of some sort?<br>Amy<br><br><div class="yiv1544179460gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Christian Gates St-Pierre <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cgates70@yahoo.fr" target="_blank" href="mailto:cgates70@yahoo.fr">cgates70@yahoo.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello everyone,</div></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;">I have posted a picture and descriptions of a few bone objects found on an Iroquoian prehistoric site in southern Quebec (Canada) on the «Mystery bonetool» page of the WBRG website (see link below). I know these are somewhat exotic from the european perspective that most of you have, but if anyone has any idea about the possible functions of these objets, please do not hesitate to let me know,
any clue would be greatly appreciated!</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;">
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