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<DIV>If you go to my Academia.edu site the article on materials from Jaszdoza contain (rough) sketches of such objects. There are good drawings of typical heavy duty antler beam and burr tools from Pakozdvar but without the decoration although there was an example from that site. Some day, if I can ever retire, I plan to write and article on these decorated pieces with nice photos. When I looked at some of these materials I did not have the money for a camera (pre-digital age) and did not have enough clout to ask the museum photographers to take pictures for me. Now I have the camera but no time.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Alice,<BR><BR></DIV>Thank you very much.That's even more exciting.<BR></DIV>Do you have any picture or any article to suggest ?<BR><BR></DIV>Chris<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>We have these antler objects in Hungary as well from the Middle Neolithic until the first part of LBA. As the beam end breaks the hafting hole gets moved up towards the medallion. Sometimes the beading is completely removed, sometimes it is partially removed and sometimes left intact. The eye time is sometimes cut flush to the surface of the beam and sometimes the base is preserved by the makers. Some of these objects from the MBA even have designs carved into them and the use where on such pieces suggests they used very differently than their unadorned cousins.</DIV>
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<DIV>Alice <BR><BR>>>> Christopher Arabatzis <<A href="mailto:christ.arabatzis@gmail.com" target=_blank>christ.arabatzis@gmail.com</A>> 3/17/2016 12:24 PM >>><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear all and Petar<BR></DIV>Thank you for your ideas and for your time.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Petar, <BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'm glad that I helped you to choose the topic of your presentation.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>I'm attaching one more photo of a similar artifact found close to the previous one.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>It's nice to hear that you have seen other similar items in the Balkans !<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>2016-03-17 0:28 GMT+02:00 Selena Vitezović <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:selenavitezovic@gmail.com" target=_blank>selenavitezovic@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>:<BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms,sans-serif">This pendant from Divostin is quite small, but my first guess is that you have the basal end of some perforated tool, correct me if I am wrong, but I guess this could have extended quite a lot at the broken part, and just the form looks very much to the butt ends of stone tools, almost as if it is a copy in antler. Other guess is that it is a handle - I've seen cylindrical handles made from antler both in Serbia and Bulgaria, partially or completelly hollowed cancellous tissue on a beam segment. <BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_default style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms,sans-serif">However, I've never seen anything quite like this before - hope you'll come to some good hypothesis! <BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Fotis, <BR></DIV>There are only 1-2 antler rings as far as I remember.<BR></DIV>Yes, i think that it's intact object as well.<BR><BR></DIV>Ariel, <BR></DIV>Thank you for your image.<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>2016-03-16 17:44 GMT+02:00 <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:fotisif@gmail.com" target=_blank>fotisif@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Chris<BR>any antler finger rings in your material (similar to the Dispilio ones)? Still this seems to be an intact object and not necessarily debris...<BR>Best<BR>Fotis<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my iPad<BR>
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<DIV><BR>16 Μαρ 2016, 15:57, ο/η Christopher Arabatzis <<A href="mailto:christ.arabatzis@gmail.com" target=_blank>christ.arabatzis@gmail.com</A>> έγραψε:<BR><BR>> Dear all,<BR>><BR>> I hope you are fine.<BR>><BR>> I'm attaching a photo of an artifact from a neolithic settlement in Greece that dates back to the second half of the 5th millennium B.C.<BR>><BR>> Any ideas about its' use are very welcomed.<BR>><BR>> Best Regards,<BR>> Chris<BR></DIV></DIV>> <832a.jpg><BR>
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