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<div>At Çatalhöyük (Neolithic Turkey), they occasionally made simple beads from segments of hare long bones, judging from a radius and a humerus piece that remained as waste.</div>
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<div>Nerissa Russell</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Karin Scott <<a href="mailto:kayscott@mweb.co.za">kayscott@mweb.co.za</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>" <<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 5:13 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>" <<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Bonetools] Lepus and Bone Tools<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Dear List<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Thank you to Alice for adding me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I am an Archaeozoologist based in South Africa. I am currently doing my Masters in comparative osteology and osteomorphology
of the two hare species of southern Africa <i>Lepus capensis</i> (Cape hare) and
<i>Lepus saxatilis</i> (scrub hare) . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Hares remains are found on almost all archaeological faunal assemblages here although the NISP/MNI numbers vary greatly.
As part of my osteology research I look at the archaeological and ethnological record to try and explain their presence on site. I found a very short note in an article that hare/rabbit bones were used by native Americans to make bone tools. It made me wonder
if the same happened here with the hare bones. Hares were also used in traditional medicine and possibly for other items such as clothing.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I would appreciate any references and/or articles that relate to the use of hares (whole, part, or bones) worldwide
that can give me a starting point for investigations or speculations as to why they are always present on sites. That is, of course, in addition to forming part of the diet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I thank you in advance for your assistance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Karin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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