<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; 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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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=""><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,</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">sorry for the delayed updates this month. Again, I fell heavily behind my planned schedules⊠đ<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><b class="">This monthâs bonetool</b> is a strange cattle mandible artefact of yet unknown purpose from the Altai Republic:</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=""><div class="">Sarah Pleuger (<a href="mailto:sarahpleuger@archaeozoo.org" class="">sarahpleuger@archaeozoo.org</a>) and Taylor Hermes would be very grateful for comparative objects or other suggestions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Carina Garland of Reading University is also requesting your assistance for a question about an <b class="">Early Bronze Age or Bell Beaker artefact</b> found in Lyminge, Kent, UK. I forward her mail with context information and photos below. If you have any suggestions or comparative items please get in touch with Carina at <span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:c.a.s.garland@pgr.reading.ac.uk" class="">c.a.s.garland@pgr.reading.ac.uk</a>. And please do not forget to put the BONETOOLS list in CC, when you reply to Carina (or Sarah), since we are all curious</span><font face="-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif" class="">âŠ</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Etan Ayalon kindly provided me with a pdf of his 1999 catalogue which is now stored on the WBRG website for download:</div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Ayalon, Etan & Sorek, Chagit </span> (1999): <b class="">Bare Bones â Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones</b>, Tel Aviv</div><div class="">>>> download (16,6 MB): <a href="https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Ayalon-Sorek-1999-Bare-Bones.pdf" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/wp-content/uploads/Ayalon-Sorek-1999-Bare-Bones.pdf</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A third session related to bone artefacts organised by Michelle Langley will be held at the upcoming <b class="">ICAZ conference in Carins,</b> Australia, 7.-12. August 2023 (<a href="https://www.icaz2023.org/" class="">https://www.icaz2023.org/</a>). However, I do not know the title and details yet. I will update this information as soon as I receive any details. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is also time to send out a <b class="">call for funding of the WBRG website</b> again. The costs for hosting and maintenance of the WBRG website have been covered for many years by the Institut fĂŒr PrĂ€historische und Naturwissenschaftliche ArchĂ€ologie of the University of Basel, Switzerland, but since the retirement of Jörg Schibler these costs are not covered anymore. Thus, for the last two years the continuation of the WBRG website has been possible through grants of several institutions and individuals, which are listed here: <a href="https://www.wbrg.net/impressum/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/impressum/</a>. </div><div class="">For this year and for the future the costs are not completely covered yet. Therefore, if you work in an institutions able and willing to support the maintenance of the WBRG website, please consider a grant and get in touch with Justyna Baron (<a href="mailto:justyna.baron@gmail.com" class="">justyna.baron@gmail.com</a>) at Uniwersytet WrocĆawski, Poland, who is kindly organising the formalities of the funding.</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=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Baron, Justyna / Diakowski, Marcin / Badura, Beata / Stolarczyk, Tomasz </span>
(2022): Bone, antler, and tooth objects from the late bronze/early Iron
Age urnfields in south-western Poland. â Quaternary International</div><div class="">>>> download: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.10.014" class="">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.10.014</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Blasco Martin, Marta </span> (2022):
ArtesanĂas en hueso, asta, cuerno y marfil en el mundo ibĂ©rico. Serie de
Trabajos Varios del Servicio de InvestigaciĂłn PrehistĂłrica, Valencia</div><div class="">>>> downlaod: <a href="http://mupreva.org/web_mupreva_dedalo/publicaciones/1596/va" class="">http://mupreva.org/web_mupreva_dedalo/publicaciones/1596/va</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Blasco Martin, Marta & BarcelĂł Torres, Carmen </span> (2022): Letras trazadas en hueso. Alfabetos de la ValĂšncia islĂĄmica sobre escĂĄpulas de bĂłvidos.. â Zephyrus 90, 237-260</div><div class="">>>> download: <a href="https://doi.org/10.14201/zephyrus202290237260" class="">https://doi.org/10.14201/zephyrus202290237260</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Britnell, W. J. </span> (1976): Antler Cheekpieces of the British Late Bronze Age. â Antiquaries Journal 56(1), 24-34</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="kapitaelchen"># Chechushkov, Igor V. / Ovsyannikov, A. A. / Usmanova, E. R. </span>
(2020): On the Earliest Use of Plate-Formed Cheekpieces and the
Emergence of Horse Riding (Based on Finds from the Novoilyinovskiy II
Cemetery in Northern Kazakhstan). â Archaeology, Ethnology and
Anthropology of Eurasia 48(2), 49-58 </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Depaulis, Thierry </span> (2000): Les Indo-EuropĂ©ens jouaient-ils aux dĂ©s?. â Board Game Studies Journal 3, 103-106</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Frank, Christa </span> (2019): Weichtiere in der Weltgeschichte. â Denisia 42, 1-504</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Grigoriev, Stanislav </span> (2021): The
evolution of antler and bone cheekpieces from Balkan-Carpathian region
to Central Kazakhstan: Chronology of âchariotâ cultures and mycenaean
Greece. â Journal of Ancient History and Archeology 8(2), 148-189</div><div class="">>>> DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14795/j.v8i2.633" class="">http://dx.doi.org/10.14795/j.v8i2.633</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Höglinger, P. </span> (1986): Vier Geweihknebel vom Rainberg â Stadt Salzburg. â ArchĂ€ologisches Korrespondenzblatt 16, 419-425</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Kostygina (Novikova), L. A. </span> (1996): K izutcheniyu kostoreznogo remesla drevnei Tveri. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Khokhlov, A. N. / Dvornikov, A. S. / Salimov, A. M. (eds.): </span>
Tver, Tverskaya zemlya i sopredelânye territorii v epokhu
srednevekovâya / Tver, Tver Region and Neighbour Territories in the
Middle Ages, 181-188, Tver</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Muñiz Guinea, Fernando / Cåceres Puro, Luis
Miguel / DĂaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta / Vargas JimĂ©nez, Manuel /
Bocherens, Hervé / Nebelsick, James H. / Donaire Romero, Teodosio /
RodrĂguez Vidal, JoaquĂn </span> (2022): Environmental Implications and
Chalcolithic Ornamental Use of Marine Barnacle Shells Present in the
Tholos of âLa Pastoraâ (Valencina de la ConcepciĂłn, Sevilla, Spain). â
Environmental Archaeology 27(5), 496-507</div>>>> download: <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14614103.2021.1891813" class="">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14614103.2021.1891813</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">SchĂ€dler, Ulrich </span> (1996): Spielen mit Astragalen. â ArchĂ€ologischer Anzeiger 1/1996, 61-73</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">VitezoviÄ, Selena </span> (2023): Bone technology in the Late Neolithic VinÄa culture: Manufacturing pointed tools. â Quaternary International</div><div class="">>>> DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.02.017" class="">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.02.017</a></div><div class="">>>> free download until 28.4.: <a href="https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gjDR_NgJ7y~~d" class="">https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gjDR_NgJ7y%7E%7Ed</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">VitezoviÄ, Selena / Bulatovic, Jelena B. / MitroviÄ, Jovan D. </span>
(2023): Bird bone artifact from the Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age
site of ZĂłk (Hungary). â International Jounal of Osteoarchaeology </div><div class="">>>> DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3209" class="">https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3209</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Walter, M. & Wiegmann, U. </span> (2022): Römisches Kleinod in Brandenburg. â ArchĂ€ologie in Deutschland 2/2022, 54</div></div> <br class=""><div class="">With kind regards<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 KĂŒchelmann <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=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ââ</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>ORCID-ID: 0000-0003-0207-3804</div></div></div></div></div><div><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="">Carina Garland <<a href="mailto:c.a.s.garland@pgr.reading.ac.uk" class="">c.a.s.garland@pgr.reading.ac.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="">bone belt ring from Kent</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="">17. Februar 2023 um 11:13:54 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>" <<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;">Hello Hans, <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;">I hope you are well. I would very much appreciate your expertise and help in identifying an artefact I am researching.<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;">I am a PhD student at the University of Reading and I am currently working on writing up a site as part of my PhD by publication.<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;">I am working on Lyminge, Kent. There is a Bronze Age barrow and possible Beaker burial on this site. Within the âBeakerâ burial was found a bone item (picture attached). It was originally described as a âtoggleâ however from my research I would say it is actually a class 1 â magnifying glass style belt ring as described by Hunter and Woodwards in Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods: An examination of ritual and dress equipment from Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age graves in England (2015).<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;">The reason I am emailing is because I have only found one example that is even remotely similar to this and that was also found in Kent, in Sittingbourne. I have also attached a picture of this belt ring for reference.<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;">It has also been suggested that these could be bow stringers for Archery, however I am not convinced by this. <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;">I suspect that both examples have links elsewhere in Europe however I am struggling to find any information on such items.<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;">I am hoping that someone on affiliated with the WBRG or someone using the website will recognise it and be able to recommend a reference for me to look in to.<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;">I would be very grateful if you could please put my object up on the website or circulate amongst your colleagues?<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;">You are also welcome to give my email address to anyone who wants to contact me directly regarding this.<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;">Thank you again for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.<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;"><span class="">Kind Regards, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="">Carina Garland<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="">University of Reading Archaeology Department<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="90599594-4D51-4D99-9BD4-9EDDA9F720FA" src="cid:BF9CB863-DCE8-4A3D-A1BC-FBE09B2FDB23"><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="846474EB-E509-4B7C-AAE3-EDB8EABA1E88" src="cid:E95A1EC6-D75F-4D1D-87BF-62BA84C671E4"></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""><br class=""></o:p></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></body></html>