<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear worked bone list,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">this week I received a request by Walter Ahmet of the British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme for a rather unusual object found as a stray find in the river Thames in Kent. Walter kindly asks if anybody within the WBRG may have an idea about function, dating, comparative items or any other suggestions or information that may help to identify the artefact.</div><div class="">His request is forwarded below. The object can be viewed here: <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/857932" class="">https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/857932</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Selena Vitezović kindly provided a blog entry about Starčevo spoons for this months bonetool. See here for more information:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/bonetool-of-the-month-archives/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The deadline for abstract submissions for the 14th Worked Bone Research Group meeting in Johannesburg has been extended to 31 January 2021. The page for the meeting has been updated accordingly (<a href="https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/14th-meeting-johannesburg-2021" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/14th-meeting-johannesburg-2021</a>). Please submit your abstracts to Justin Bradfield at <a href="mailto:wbrg2021@uj.ac.za" class="">wbrg2021@uj.ac.za</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The impressum and supporter page has been updated as well (<a href="https://www.wbrg.net/impressum" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/impressum</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">References</b> added to the database:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Antonovic, Dragana / Vitezović, Selena / Šarić, J. (2019): The Early Neolithic settlement at Velesnica. in: Filipović, V. / Bulatovic, Jelena B. / Kapuran, A. (eds.): Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday, 63-70, Beograd</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Bischop, Dieter (2020): Geweihhacke aus dem Wesersand. in: Schweisfurth, Anne & Weber, Rainer (eds.): Raum für Vermutungen – Vom Finden und Erfinden – Von Literatur und Archäologie, 34, 37, Bremen<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Camps-Fabrer, Henriette (1993): Éléments récepteurs, Fiches typologiques de l'industrie osseuse prehistorique VI, Aix en Provence</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Mannermaa, Kristiina </span> (2008): Birds
and burials at Ajvide (Gotland, Sweden) and Zvejnieki (Latvia) about
8000–3900 BP. – Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 27(2), 201-225</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Mannermaa, Kristiina & Rainio, Riitta </span>
(2020): Needle case, sound instrument or something else? A worked and
ornamented swan (Cygnus sp.) ulna from a Late Mesolithic male burial,
Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Northwest Russia. – Quaternary International 543,
34-42</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Mehler, Natascha (2007): Viking age and medieval craft in Iceland: Adaptation to extraordinary living conditions on the edge of the Old World. in: Klápste, Jan & Sommer, Petr (eds.): Arts and Crafts in Medieval Rural Environment, Ruralia, 227-244, Turnhout</div><div class=""><br class=""># Nandris, J. G. (1972): Bos primigenius and the bone spoon. – Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology 10, 63-82 </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Nandris, J. G. & Camps-Fabrer, Henriette (1993): Fiche cuillers à base en V du FTN. in: Camps-Fabrer, Henriette (ed.): Éléments récepteurs, Fiches typologiques de l'industrie osseuse prehistorique, 153-162, Aix en Provence</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Rainio, Riitta & Mannermaa, Kristiina </span>(2014): Bird calls from a Middle Neolithic burial at Ajvide, Gotland? Interpreting tubular bird bone artefacts by means of use-wear, sound analysis, and ethnographic analogy. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Ikäheimo, Janne P. / Salmi, Anna-Kaisa / Äikäs, Tiina (eds.): </span>Sounds like theory. XII Nordic theoretical archaeology group meeting in Oulu 25.–28.4.2012, 85-100, Oulu</div> >> download: <a href="http://www.sarks.fi/masf/masf_2/SLT_06_Rainio_Mannermaa.pdf" class="">http://www.sarks.fi/masf/masf_2/SLT_06_Rainio_Mannermaa.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Russell, Nerissa (2006): Çatalhöyük worked bone. in: Hodder, Ian (ed.): Çatalhöyük perspectives: reports from the 1995–99 seasons, 339-367, Ankara</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Russell, Nerissa (2012): Worked bone from the BACH area. in: Tringham, Ruth & Stevanović, Mirjana (eds.): BACH Area Reports from Çatalhöyük 347-359, Los Angeles</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Stemm, Greg / Gerth, Ellen / Flow, Jenette / Guerra-Librero, Claudio Lozano / Kingsley, Sean </span>
(2013): The Deep-Sea Tortugas Shipwreck, Florida: A Spanish-Operated
Navio of the 1622 Tierra Firme Fleet. Part 2, the Artifacts. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Stemm, Greg & Kingsley, Sean (eds.): </span>
Oceans Odyssey 3. The Deep-Sea Tortugas Shipwreck, Straits of Florida: A
Merchant Vessel from Spain's 1622 Tierra Firme Fleet, Odyssey Marine
Exploration Reports, 55-121, Oxford</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Vitezović, Selena (2016): Bos and the bone spoon revisited: Spatula-spoons in the Starčevo culture. in: Bacvarov, Krum & Gleser, Ralf (eds.): Southeast Europe and Anatolia in prehistory. Essays in honor of Vassil Nikolov on his 65th anniversary, Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, 189-196, Bonn</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes to all of you and stay healthy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Christian<br 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: <a href="mailto:info@knochenarbeit.de" class="">info@knochenarbeit.de</a> <br class="">web: <a href="http://www.knochenarbeit.de" class="">http://www.knochenarbeit.de</a><br class="">ORCID-ID: 0000-0003-0207-3804<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Von: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:Jo.Ahmet@kent.gov.uk" class="">Jo.Ahmet@kent.gov.uk</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Betreff: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">mystery bone segment with inscribed seahorse</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Datum: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">30. November 2020 um 15:06:54 MEZ<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">An: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:info@knochenarbeit.de" class="">info@knochenarbeit.de</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Christian Küchelmann.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My name is Walter (Jo) Ahmet and I am currently working with the British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme as the Kent Finds Liaison Officer. A few years back the object recorded <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/857932" class="" style="color: blue;">here</a> was reported to us from the river Thames. I’m not happy with the ID as it is quite uncertain. I was wondering if your learned group may be able to help?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kind Regards<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">Walter (Jo) Ahmet</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><u class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></u><u class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">Finds Liaison Officer | Heritage Conservation | Kent County Council | Invicta House, Maidstone, ME14 1XX | office: 03000 410053 | mobile: 07850 715483 | </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93);"><a href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">www.kent.gov.uk</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);"> | </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93);"><a href="http://www.finds.org.uk/" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">www.finds.org.uk</span></a> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(54, 95, 145);">| @Kent_Finds - <a href="https://twitter.com/Kent_Finds" class="" style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/Kent_Finds</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 95, 145);"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 95, 145);"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://finds.org.uk/" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><img border="0" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="pas" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6C722.0DD3D410"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Kent_Finds" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><img border="0" id="Picture_x0020_3" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:image002.png@01D6C722.0DD3D410"></span></a><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span class="" style="color: blue; font-size: 1pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm; background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.kent.gov.uk/" class="" style="color: blue;"><img border="0" id="Picture_x0020_2" alt="zWcizL8J" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:image003.png@01D6C722.0DD3D410"></a></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>