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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Alice and others,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Attached is a photo of such a baking tray of LB Age. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>No, Alice, I don't expect the Bavarians to eat <i>pita </i>and <i>humus</i>… but referred to the principle of heating with a perforated pottery plate. The photo is from:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ziffer, I. 2002. Sheaves in the Field. In: Ziffer, I. and Sorek, Ch. <i>The Corn Spirit</i> (exhibition catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv). Tel Aviv, p. 57.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alice Choyke<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study ofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Strange objects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Etan,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Do you have images? Pita in Bavaria? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Alice<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Etan Ayalon <<a href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il" target="_blank">etana@eretzmuseum.org.il</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The idea of making small depressions in order to better let through the heat is known from pottery baking trays of Iron Age (12<sup>th</sup>-8/7<sup>th</sup> century BCE) Israel. They were used to bake flat bread (Arabic <i>pitta</i> or perhaps also Jewish <i>matzah</i>?).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Etan </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-color:currentColor currentColor'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Julie Byrd<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the studyofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.<br><b>Cc:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the studyofobject and waste of bone,antler. ivory and horn.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Strange objects<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>It looks to me like baffle brick (for stoves) that was water worn along natural breaks...Except for the little ticked rim ceramic on the bottom row- that looks like something different. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Julie<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>On May 14, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Alice Choyke <<a href="mailto:choyke@ceu.hu" target="_blank">choyke@ceu.hu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> These objects were found in Bavaria. they are not bone but I am hoping someone can tell <span lang=EN style='color:#333333'>Cathy Barbash (a friend of a friend of Sandra Olsen) what the heck they are. The definitely look 'historic' to me given the precision they are made with but what do I know?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='color:#333333'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='color:#333333'>Alice</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><Weird artifacts-sieves_.jpg><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">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><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.symanteccloud.com" target="_blank">http://www.symanteccloud.com</a><br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bonetools mailing list<br><a 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.symanteccloud.com">http://www.symanteccloud.com</a><br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>