<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37320" dir="ltr">Hello everyone,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37025" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37026" dir="ltr">I have three questions for the price of one!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37033" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37027" dir="ltr">First: does anyone know about some use-wear analysis on bone tools made out of beaver incisors? (beside Parmigiani & Alvarez-Soncini [2014], of which I already have a copy).</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37036" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37037" dir="ltr">Second: does anyone have a pdf copy of the following (it is not available through our network of North American university libraries, and I can't find it on the web): <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_38112">Pétrequin & Rachez (1997), «Un biseau naturel: l'incisive de castor», in <i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_40903">Les sites littoraux néolithqiues de Clarivaux et de Chalain (Jura), III, Chalain station 3, 3200-2900 av. J.C.</i></b> (published by the Maison des sciences de l'Homme, in Paris)?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37710" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_37712" dir="ltr">Third: does anyone know about some recent publications dealing with the use of heat (fire) as a technique of hardening (and darkening) bone materials/bone tools, especially in opposition to the total carbonisation of bones which will have the opposing effect (i.e. weakening the bone structure and triggering it's fragmentation)? I know of some «old» references (pre-year 2000), but I was wondering if there was some more recent publications on this precise subject?<br><br>Any help regarding anyone of these queries would be greatly appreciated!<br><br>Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays to all!<br><br>Christian<br><br><br><b>Christian Gates St-Pierre</b>, PhD<br>Invited Researcher<br>Département d'anthropologie<br>Université de Montréal<br>christian.gates-st-pierre@umontreal.ca</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_44238" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_36957" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418834238155_36956" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, linéale; font-size: 16px;"> </div> </div> </div></body></html>