<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>This fine slender metatarsal lets me remember the use of deer metatarsal in saddle-rooms, harness-room as "lissoir pour les bottes" (boot-smoother), more precisely fox waxing (they say, but I have no picture to show).</div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div><b>De: </b>"Günther Karl Kunst" <guenther.karl.kunst@univie.ac.at><br><b>À: </b>"Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools@listserv.niif.hu>, "Maciej Karwowski" <maciej.karwowski@univie.ac.at><br><b>Envoyé: </b>Samedi 21 Août 2021 14:59:26<br><b>Objet: </b>Re: [Bonetools] smoothed horse radius<br></div><br><div><p>Dear Silvia!</p>
<p>It is true the Prellenkirchen specimen has never been published;
maybe it is mentioned in Thurber/Skates made of Bone - a History;</p>
<p>I send pictures in BW<br>
</p>
<p>in this case, the question mark is not so much above its "skate
identity", it is a skate as skate can be, but it concerns the
dating - there is some Roman and migration period material at the
site (it would fit much better here), although it derives from a
pure Iron Age context; it is nevertheless maybe not the most
reliable evidence for bone skates in central european La-Tène. you
could contact Maciej Karwowski (his adress above) if you want to
know more of the site.<br>
</p>
<p>there are also smoothed (cattle)radii from Roman contexts<br>
</p>
<p>of course the Alpine La-Tène/Roman period and the foreland area
around is notorious for those "cattle mandible sledges", but this
is a different story.<br>
</p>
<p>all best wishes</p>
<p>Karl<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 21.08.2021 um 08:57 schrieb
<a href="mailto:silviaeccher@libero.it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">silviaeccher@libero.it</a>:<br>
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<div> Dear all, </div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> during the study of an Iron Age fauna in Bressanone
(Bolzano, Italy) for my PhD research I found a proximal of horse
radius (which I am attaching in two photos with different angles
so that I can better appreciate its characteristics) with a
smooth back face, shiny to the touch and view. </div>
<div> There are some traces of processing on the sides, while the
smoothed back has light and rare scratches horizontally. </div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> From the bibliography that I have read and which was also
indicated to me by Mr. Küchelmann, whom I thank again, would
seem to be a skate/sledge runner. </div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> if you agree with this opinion, is anyone aware of the
findings of skates/sledges in the Alps dating back to the Iron
Age-Latène period? </div>
<div> From what I have found there would be a horse metatarsal
from Prellenkirchen, Leitha-Marsch, Austria, dated to the late
Latène but I do not think it has been published yet. </div>
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<div> Thank you all! </div>
<div> Silvia Eccher </div>
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