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-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 dir="auto" 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=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div 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 dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear WBRG members,<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">this month Erika Gál has displayed the medieval arrow bolt plane she recently published as <b class="">bonetool of the month</b>. </div><div class="">See: <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="">Erika also pointed me towards a Hungarian video about traditions in archery. At minute 3:39 the speaker Marx Tibor shows how such an arrow bolt plane works.</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1uGqaIs-8&t=211s" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p1uGqaIs-8&t=211s</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">A second session related to bone artefacts will be held at the upcoming <b class="">2023 ICAZ Conference in Cairns</b>, Australia (7-12 August). It is organized by Jennifer Hull end entitled </div><div class=""><b class="">Shaped by Place: Development of Osseous Industries from a Global Perspective</b></div><div class="">Details have been sent to the BONETOOLS list already by Jennifer on the 15th of January. The session is now also announced on the WBRG website at</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/news/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/news/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/icaz-2023-cairns/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/icaz-2023-cairns/</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The <b class="">table listing all bonetools of the month</b> published since October 2010 has been updated with the artefacts from 2022. It contains a summary of the details of all artefacts (function, raw material, species, skeletal element, provenance, dating, culture, contributor and references) and can be downloaded here: </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Bonetools_2010-2022.pdf" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Bonetools_2010-2022.pdf</a></div><div class="">The link to the file can be found at the bottom of the current bonetool of the month page:</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="">Tarek Oueslati kindly informed me about a research on <b class="">Roman folding knives</b> found in Bavay Bagacum in northern France, published in Herbin et al. (2020). The raw material could be identified as aurochs (<i class="">Bos primigenius</i>) by genetic analysis. The research has been documented in a French video, which can be accessed here:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.weo.fr/video/le-mystere-des-canifs-romains/" class="">https://www.weo.fr/video/le-mystere-des-canifs-romains/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grzegorz Osipowicz beautiful new project website "<b class="">Life and death written in bones</b>“ (<a href="https://biotrapbones.umk.pl/" class="">https://biotrapbones.umk.pl/</a>) concerned with "<i class="">The technological and functional aspect of the osseous artefacts of Early and Middle Holocene hunter-gatherer-fishers communities inhabiting the East Baltic Plai</i>n“ is now linked in the various links section:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/links/various-links/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/links/various-links/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">References</b> added to the database:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Aboltiņš, Viesturs </span> (2018): Cēsu pils arheoloģiskajā materiālā identificētie ziloņkaula priekšmeti. – Cēsu pils raksti 2, 128-173</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Boroffka, N. (1998): Bronze- und früheizenzeitliche Geweihtrensenknebel aus Rumänien und ihre Beziehungen. – Eurasia Antiqua 4, 81-135</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Herbin, Patrrice / de Chavagnac, Laure / Oueslati, Tarek </span>
(2020): Canifs et peignes en matières dures animales: note sur des
exemplaires provenant d’un remblai tardif de l’aile sud du
cryptoportique du forum de Bavay (Nord). – Bulletin de la Commission
historique du département du Nord 59, 17-35</div><div class="">>>> PDF attached</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Klek, Markus </span> (2011): "Auf der Suche
nach dem Nass-Schaber". Archäologie und funktionale Analyse von
Gerbewerkzeug mit längsstehender Arbeitskante. – Experimentelle
Archäologie in Europa 10, 178-187</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Luik, Heidi </span> (2002): Luuesemed Lihula
keskaegsest alevikust ja linnusest [Bone Artefacts from the Medieval
Market Town and Castle of Lihula]. – Muinasaja teadus 11, 301–348</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Luik, Heidi & Maldre, Liina </span> (2020): Animal bones and bone artefacts from the Viking Age site of Tornimäe in Saaremaa. – Archaeologia Lituana 21, 41-58</div><div class="">>>> download: <a href="https://www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/article/view/23521" class="">https://www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/article/view/23521</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Luik, Heidi / Mäeorg, Kalmer / Maldre, Liina </span>
(2022): Dunkri 5 luuesemed, harjameister Robert Zipzer ja teenijatüdruk
Mari hambahari ehk hügieenist uusaegses Tallinnas [Bone Objects from
Dunkri 5, Brush Maker Robert Zipser and Maid Mari's Toothbrush, or
Hgiene in Modern Era Tallinn]. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Ehasalu, Pia (ed.): </span> Linnaloom [Urban Animal], Tallinna Linnamuuseumi toimetised, 54-81, Tallinn</div><div class="">>>> anybody interested in this article, please get in touch with me or Heidi.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Luik, Heidi </span> (2022): Bone and antler working at fortified settlements in the eastern Baltic region. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Hofmann, Daniela / Nikulka, Frank / Schumann, Robert (eds.): </span> The Baltic in the Bronze Age. Regional patterns, interactions and boundaries, 103-122, Leiden</div><div class="">>>> PDF attached</div> <div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Ringot, Jean-Loup </span> (2011): Die steinzeitlichen Aerophone: Flöten oder Schalmeien. – Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa 10, 188-198</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Sergeeva, M. S. </span> (2010): Kostorizna sprava u Starodavn’omu Kievi, Kiev</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Wolf, Sybille & Conard, Nicholas J. </span> (2023): Mammutelfenbein aus schwäbischen Höhlen. – Archäologie in Deutschland 1/2023, 8-13</div> <br class=""></div> <br class=""><div class=""> </div><div class="">Best wishes<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Christian<br class=""> <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</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; 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