<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div> I am forwarding this message to the mailing list because Olivier is having trouble contacting the list directly. We are working on a solution. In the meanwhile - if any of you have insights into his query could you write back to the list as well as to Olivier directly?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Alice<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">PUTELAT Olivier</strong> <span dir="ltr"><olivier.putelat@archeologie.alsace></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 6:07 PM<br>Subject: [Bonetools] Neolithic artefacts<br>To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn. <<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:#fefffe">Dear colleagues, I wish you a happy new year.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">I write in hopes that you may be able to lend me a hand in analysing some recently excavated Neolithic bone artefacts.
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">In 2016, excavations at Holtzheim (15 km west of Strasbourg, Alsace, France) turned up a human double-burial in a silo-pit (n</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">°
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">1129), dated
</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">to</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe"> the recent Neolithic,
the ‘</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">Munzingen</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">’ period,
around 3700 BCE. A dog skeleton was associated with the burial,</span><span lang="IT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe"> individual 2</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe">
especially.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;background:#fefffe"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">A ceramic vase was also found above
the left shoulder of individual 2. In contact with the vase, and under the shoulder and forearm of the individual 2, we as well discovered three bone artifacts (fig. 1129-OTR).</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Object 01655-OTR-1129-1 was made from a bovid metacarpal and has a rectangular shape (length 203 mm). The dorsal surface of the metacarpal is polished
and well preserved throughout its length. Two holes were drilled through proximal epiphysis. The medial and lateral sides of the bone were detached when the object was</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">
manufacture</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">d. This is also the case for most of the palmar surface, of which only the distal quarter is still represented. The inner portion of the dorsal surface
is polished on its proximal three quarters.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> Objects 01655-OTR-1129-2 and 01655-OTR-1129-3 were manufactured from an ulna and a bird's radius. The bird in question was probably a ‘</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Cygne
de Bewic</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">k’ (Whistling Swan,
</span><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Cygnus bewickii</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">). The epiphyses have been separated from
the diaphyses.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">I wonder do you know of similar deposits? And how would you interpret the function of these objects?</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Many thanks in advance for your help.
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<p class="m_4725291479565595566body"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Best regards, Olivier.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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