<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues,<br class=""><br class="">last week Dario Gadidi sent me some pictures of an object found in Northern Italy, of which he requests you for comparative items and suggestions for its function. See here for the object plus some comments of mine: <a href="https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/</a><br class="">If you have any suggestions please get in touch with Dario at dario.gaddi@alice.it (preferably with a CC to the BONETOOLS list).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><b class="">References</b> added to the database:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bosinski, Gerhardt (2002): Die Anfänge der Kunst. Das Jungpaläolithikum in Deutschland. in: Menghin, Wilfried & Planck, Dieter (eds.): Menschen, Zeiten, Räume – Archäologie in Deutschland, 113-120, Stuttgart<br class=""><br class=""># Locke, Michael (2008): Structure of Ivory. – Journal of Morphology 269, 423-450<br class=""><br class=""># Vitezović, Selena & Antonovic, Dragana (2020): Functional differentiation and possible regional specialisation of the Vinča culture settlements: Viewpoint from osseous and lithic industries. – Quaternary International 539, 39-48<br class=""><br class=""># Zilhão, João (2019): Schmuck und Schminke. – Archäologie in Deutschland 1/2019, 32-33</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Justin Bradfield added ten South African bonetool publications:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Backwell, Lucinda / Bradfield, Justin / Carlson, Kris / jashashvilli, Tea / Wadley, Lyn / d'Errico, Francesco (2018): The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers at Sibudu Cave. – Antiquity 92, 289-303</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin (2019): Fishing with gorges: testing a functional hypothesis. – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24, 593-607</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin / Antonites, Annie / Forssman, Tim / Spindler, Luke (2019): Collagen isotope species identification of contact-period bone arrows, Limpopo and Gauteng Provinces, South Africa. – Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences 11, 2419–2434</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin (2018): A look at the worked bone assemblage from Sibudu Cave, South Africa: Identifying species using CT-rendered bone histographs. – PLoS ONE 13, 1-26</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin (2018): Some thoughts of bone discolouration at archaeological sites. – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 17, 500-509</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin & Antonites, Annie (2018): Bone scapula hoes from the Middle Iron Age, Limpopo Province, South Africa. – Quaternary International 472, 126-134</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin / Hoffman, K / De Beer, Frikkie (2016): Verifying the potential of Micro-focus CT in the study of ancient bone tool function. – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 5, 80-84</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin (2015): Identifying bone-tipped arrow types in the archaeological record of southern Africa: the contribution of use-wear studies. – Journal of African Archaeology 13, 135-147</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bradfield, Justin (2015): Use-trace analysis on bone tools: a brief overview of four methodological approaches. – South African Archaeological Bulletin 70, 3-14<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Kumbani, Joshua / Bradfield, Justin / Rusch, Neil / Wurz, Sarah (2019): A functional investigation of southern Cape Later Stone Age artefacts resembling aerophones. – Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24, 693-711</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Christian</div><div class=""><div class="">-- <br class="">Knochenarbeit <br class=""><br class="">Hans Christian Küchelmann <br class=""><br class="">Speicherhof 4, D-28217 Bremen, Germany <br class="">tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177<br class="">mail: info@knochenarbeit.de <br class="">web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>