<div>Dear Mirja,</div><div><br>The surface of these bones reminds me forcibly of artifacts from the marsh at Ljubljana barja. These had mostly been excavated in the first half of the 20th century and were coated with something or other to preserved them. Is this the case with these tools? Before anyone says anything it would be useful to know what if any conservator interventions have happened to them.</div>
<div> </div><div>Alice<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Heidi Luik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heidi.luik@mail.ee" target="_blank">heidi.luik@mail.ee</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid" class="gmail_quote">
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Dear all,<br>
My colleague Mirja Ots asked me to forward to the list a question about
bone objects from the Neolithic site of Tamula. Please send answer to the
list and to her e-mail address also.<br>
Thank you in advance,<br>
Heidi<br><br>
From the Tamula settlement site in South Estonia, dated to 3100–1650 BC
(from the same site burials dating from 4700–3400 BC have been
discovered) more than a hundred bone fragments with transverse grooves
have been found. The bones are mostly split long bones and the grooves
spread in a fan shape. So far archaeologists have suggested that these
are artefacts used for straining or spooling cord made from tendons.<br>
We would be very grateful for any parallels and suggestions about their
function. <br>
Thank you in advance! <br>
Mirja Ots <a href="mailto:mirja.ots@tlu.ee" target="_blank">mirja.ots@tlu.ee</a><br>
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