<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear Maria,</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">With regard to your question about methodology, I would recommend
to complement typological and descriptive analysis with microwear analysis, especially
if you want to know more about the possible use & production of these
objects.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Some general references: <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"></p><ul><li>Evora, M.A., 2015. Use-wear Methodology on the Analysis
of Osseous Industries, in João manuel Marreiros, Juan F. Gibaja Bao & Nuno
Ferreira Bicho (eds).<i> Use-Wear and
Residue Analysis in Archaeology</i>. New York, 159-170.<br></li><li>Van Gijn, A.L., 2014. Science and Interpretation in
Microwear Studies. Journal of Archaeological Science 48, 166-169.</li></ul><p></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Examples of historical assemblages: <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"></p><ul><li>Struckmeyer, K., 2011. Die Knochen- und Geweihgeräte der
Feddersen Wierde. Gebrauchsspurenanalysen an Geräten von der Römischen
Kaiserzeit bis zum Mittelalter und ethnoarchäologische Vergleiche. Köthen:
Druckhaus Köthen GmbH.<br></li><li><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Kromotaroeno, C.L.S., 2015.
Osseous objects of Oegstgeest. A functional analysis of the bone and antler
objects of the Early Medieval settlement of Oegstgeest (Nieuw Rhijngeest-Zuid).</span>
Masterthesis. <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1887/35524">http://hdl.handle.net/1887/35524</a></li></ul><p></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Kind regards,<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Cynthia<span></span></span></p>

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