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To my knowledge, the princeps (first) indentification of the string sawing technique was made by F. Poplin:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Poplin, F. (1974). Deux cas de débitage par usure. In: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">
1er colloque international sur l’industrie de l’os dans la préhistoire, Abbaye de Sénanque (Vaucluse),
</i><span style="background:white">H. Camps-Fabrer (ed)</span>. Éditions de l’Université de Provence: 85-92.</p>
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In 2015, Toomaï Boucherat shows for our project how to saw antler's segments with a large string made of fibers.<br>
The publication is in process, but here find enclosed a picture of the antler in cross section (one of my picture, in attached file):<br>
The technique makes quite a straight edge with large centripetal waves into the matter that
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resembles pretty much to the ones displayed on your material + supplementary adjacent accidental groove on a side,<br>
as emphasized by Poplin. In your case, a stronger material for the string would perhaps<br>
explain the waves are quite regular there and strongly "printed" on the antler tissues.<br>
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Best, éva<br>
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<b>Objet :</b> [Bonetools] Sawing techniques for Antler<br>
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<p>I am looking at sawing techniques used on antler from the late Neolithic to Early Metal Age in southern Vietnam. I have found two references thus far that I have found useful:</p>
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<p>1. Shibler, J. 2001. Experimental Production of Neolithic Bone and Antler Tools
<span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><i><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In:
</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Choyke, A.M. & Bartosiewicz, L., eds. Crafting Bone: Skeletal Technologies through Time and Space, 1999 Budapest.
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="FR">BAR International Series, 49-60</span></p>
<p>2. <span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">Lothrop, S.K. 1955. Jade and String Sawing in Northeastern Costa Rica. </span><i style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">American Antiquity</i><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px">,
21(1): 43-51.</span></p>
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<p>I'm look for any other references that might help in analysing the sawing techniques used on my assemblage. I've also attached some photos to give an example of the morphology I have observed.</p>
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<p>Thank you and regards,</p>
<p>Jennifer</p>
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