<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>That's well thought Sonia, it does make sense! As always with such mysterious objects, possibilities seem to be numerous...</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> S O'Connor
<S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "'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> mercredi 31 octobre 2012 9h55<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [Bonetools] identification...<br> </font> </div> <br>Dear Olivier,<br><br>I don't think this is for bead or button production as these are drilled<br>holes, not the spaces left after cutting out blanks. I don't think this is a<br>deliberately worked object, but an indicator that drilling was being used as<br>a forming process for objects made in bone or some other material, such as<br>wood.<br><br>When drilling wood held in a vice, it is useful to put a little piece of<br>waste wood behind the object that you are drilling so that when you
drill<br>through the object its outer surface does not splinter as it might well do<br>if the drill bit cuts through into open space. Similarly a piece of waste<br>wood can be used to protect your bench from being damaged as the drill cuts<br>through the object, when you are drilling from above. <br><br>This waste piece ends up with a series of holes, drilled to arbitrary<br>depths. The pattern of holes will relate to the pattern of holes in the<br>object but if the waste piece is used more than once this pattern will be<br>overlaid by other patterns as the piece will have been re-positioned each<br>time to provide a new surface against which to drill each hole.<br><br>I think that this piece of bone has been used in exactly this way, perhaps<br>in the production of drilled bone objects of a completely different shape or<br>in an entirely different material, such as ceramic.<br><br>Does that make sense?<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Sonia<br>Dr
Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of<br>York<br>Post-doctoral Research Fellow<br>Archaeological Sciences<br>Division of AGES, <br>University of Bradford<br>Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<br><br>tel 01274 23 6498 (office) 5210 (lab)<br>fax 01274 23 5210<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>[mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>] On Behalf Of PUTELAT Olivier<br>Sent: 30 October 2012 17:11<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>Subject: [Bonetools] identification...<br><br>Dear colleagues, an archaeologist asks your expertise on this object<br>(attached
document) found in a salt factory (first iron age) in Lorraine<br>(France). <br>Any suggestions welcome... Thanks in advance. Olivier.<br><br><br>Olivier PUTELAT<br>POLE D'ARCHEOLOGIE INTERDEPARTEMENTAL RHENAN (PAIR) Service d'Archéologie et<br>Recherches Scientifiques - Laboratoire mixte d'ostéo-archéologie -<br>Archéozoologue Tél 07 60 20 24 02 2, allée Thomas Edison ZA Sud - CIRSUD<br>F-67600 SELESTAT<br>FRANCE<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>