<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hello, Renata, Lena and others, <br><br>Acta terrae septem. are available online: <a href="http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/study.htm">http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/study.htm</a><br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">best, Selena <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 May 2014 14:24, "Renáta Přichystalová" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:svecova@phil.muni.cz" target="_blank">svecova@phil.muni.cz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
this is a citation of very interesting paper about pins from Romania, II.<br>
cen. A.D.<br>
<br>
Sztancs, D-M. Beldoman, C. - Rusu-Bolindet, V. Badescu, A. 2011:<br>
Contributions to the knowledge of the antique animal skeletal materials<br>
industry in Dobrogea, Romania. Bone hair pins and needles discovered at<br>
Histria - sector Basilica extra muros. In: Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis X,<br>
Sibiu, 157-184.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Renáta Přichystalová<br>
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie FF MU<br>
Department of Archaeology and Museology<br>
Faculty of Art<br>
Masaryk University<br>
A. Nováka 1<br>
CZ-602 00 Brno<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
> Hello Lena,<br>
><br>
> I would also endorse Sabine's Augst volume, which is one of the most<br>
> essential texts for anything to do with Roman bone working. Also extremely<br>
> good is Isabelle Bertrand's edited volume Le travail de l'os, du bois de<br>
> cerf et de la corne... Monographies Instrumentum 34. That volume usefully<br>
> summarises some of the terrific work that French archaeologists like<br>
> Isabelle and Annick Thuet and others have been doing over the last decade.<br>
> Stephen Greep published the Canterbury late Roman bone pin workshop<br>
> summarily in the CAT Marlowe Theatre volumes and Jackie Keily has<br>
> published<br>
> some of the Roman London assemblages very well, but I would argue that<br>
> England is a long way behind in coming to terms with Roman bone and antler<br>
> working. Great scope for a new phd student to take these assemblages on.<br>
><br>
> The choice of raw material mirrors the Middle Saxon assemblages that I<br>
> have<br>
> been working on for a few decades now - see the enclosed text for an<br>
> example<br>
> of how I dealt with what might be a similar assemblage, but several<br>
> centuries later in date. Assuming that the proximal and distal ends<br>
> survive<br>
> reasonably well there is great scope for looking at the deliberate<br>
> selection<br>
> of bone for working, the specific choices made by species and bone type<br>
> and<br>
> the chaine operatoire involved. Lots to consider, some of which I have<br>
> outlined.<br>
><br>
> Hope this helps,<br>
><br>
> Ian Riddler<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Lena Strid<br>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 12:44 PM<br>
> To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of<br>
> object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>
> Subject: [Bonetools] Roman bone pin work waste<br>
><br>
> Dear all,<br>
><br>
> I have a very large Roman deposit of chopped up long bones from making<br>
> bone<br>
> pins. The bones are mostly cattle and horse metapodials, radius and tibia.<br>
> The deposit is sampled entirely, sieved down to 4mm, and contains<br>
> everything<br>
> from large proximal and distal ends down to broken-off hexagonal offcuts.<br>
> It<br>
> is a rural site, but very close to a Roman town in southern England.<br>
><br>
> Would any of you have any tips on the most useful way to record the<br>
> deposit<br>
> and/or a good reference material. I already know of Vine St (Leicester)<br>
> and<br>
> Sagalassos (Turkey). There is unlikely to be time for me to do a in-depth<br>
> analysis of the bone working procedure, but the assemblage would be<br>
> retained<br>
> for future research.<br>
><br>
> With thanks,<br>
> Lena<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">selena <br></div>
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