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Le 22/03/2013 13:03, Heidi Luik a écrit :
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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>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mirja.ots@tlu.ee">mirja.ots@tlu.ee</a><br>
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I gave a paper "Deux cas de débitage des matières dures d'origine
animale" (1974), where I saw (partially) hippo ivory and even enamel
(ie. a lower canine) with sand and tendon (David's deer), then with
sand and string. Do you want I send you the paper, and you make a
pdf for all ? It was to reproduce a so sawn tusk from predynastic
Egypt kept at the Musée des Antiquités nationales
(Saint-Grermain-en-Laye).<br>
<br>
More in a certain time ; I have something else to send now.<br>
<br>
Your's<br>
<br>
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François POPLIN
Directeur honoraire de l’UMR 7209 Archéozoologie, Archébotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements
Responsable du Séminaire d'Anthropozoologie
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
CP 56
Ancien Laboratoire d’Anatomie comparée
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