<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Dear Sonja,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" class="">In Molí d'Espígol
(Tornabous) an Iberian Peninsula Iron Age site (first half of the
III rd century BC), there are two oovicaprin antlers catalogued as
whistles. But is an attribution that there would necessary to verify
since Etan Ayalon suggested.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" class=""><span style="line-height: 100%;" class="">I send draw and
bibliography where it has published:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" class=""><span style="line-height: 100%;" class="">-M. Cura (2006): “</span><font color="#000000" style="line-height: 100%;" class=""><font face="Geneva, serif" class="">El
jaciment del Molí d’Espígol (Tornabous-Urgell) : excavacions
arqueològiques 1987-1992”. </font></font><font color="#000000" style="line-height: 100%;" class=""><font face="Geneva, serif" class="">Barcelona:
222-223, lám. 51-1 y 62-7.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" class=""><span style="line-height: 100%;" class="">-M. Monrós (2010):
“</span><font color="#000000" style="line-height: 100%;" class=""><font face="Geneva, serif" class="">L'edifici
singular A de la ciutat ibera del Molí d'Espígol (Tornabous,
L'Urgell): interpretació i funcionalitat”. </font></font><font color="#000000" style="line-height: 100%;" class=""><font face="Geneva, serif" class="">Cypsela,
18, 209-222. fig. 6
(<a href="http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Cypsela/article/view/286038/374142" class="">http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Cypsela/article/view/286038/374142</a>)</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%" class=""><span style="line-height: 100%;" class="">-<a href="http://www.florayfaunaiberica.org/fauna/fichapieza/documento_1267/ASS0619&tipo=restos" class="">http://www.florayfaunaiberica.org/fauna/fichapieza/documento_1267/ASS0619&tipo=restos</a></span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img height="341" width="800" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="A2981E00-BCEC-47F5-A062-E3963E883425" src="cid:16782262-5088-45AC-8219-055DA85794D3@Home" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class=""><br></div><div class=""><br></div><div class="">Consuelo Mata</div><div class=""><br></div><div class=""><br></div><div class=""><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">El 24 Dec 2015, a las 13:17, איתן איילון <<a href="mailto:etana@eretzmuseum.org.il" class="">etana@eretzmuseum.org.il</a>> escribió:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Dear Sonja,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Assuming the missing end was solid, it more looks as a needle-like working tool, used for weaving, tying, etc., with a hole for tying a string, fiber or thin band.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Happy New Year<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Etan Ayalon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bonetools [<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sonja Vukovic<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, December 24, 2015 1:58 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Bonetools] antler whistles?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dear colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">By analyzing animal bones from the Roman city Viminacium I came across several interesting antler objects that my colleague and I argue that were used as whistles. While I was searching through papers, I have found barely several similar objects (and majority of them were not determined as being whistles). I have also contacted some of you for an advice on the subject. So, I am now asking entire group - do you know any published similar antler whistles (not only Roman)?! I am attaching a photo of one of them. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">best wishes, Marry Christmas & Happy New Year,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Sonja.<br clear="all" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Sonja Vukovic-Bogdanovic<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Laboratory for bioarchaeology<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Faculty of Philosophy <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">University of Belgrade <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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