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    <p>Dear all, <br>
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    <p>thanks a lot for all your ideas. I have not had the chance to see
      the bone yet but I hope I will be able to do it next month when I
      visit the museum. Then I will take new photographs and let you
      know about my observations.</p>
    <p>Best wishes, <br>
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    <p>Marta<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 13/03/2023 a las 12:26, SIDERA
      Isabelle escribió:<br>
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            Dear Marta, Hans and Ian,
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              <div class="">Another possibility is a cutting edge tool
                led to exhaustion, which acted on a material of narrow
                shape. This specific U-shape of the end result from wear
                according to the following mechanism: while the cutting
                edge, thiner than the edges, wears down, the edges,
                thicker, wear less quickly and become prominent. This is
                a common feature which I could often observe on
                Neolithic and Chalcolithic tools. </div>
              <div class="">Of course, this needs to be confirmed by
                wear observation. </div>
              <div class="">Can you see any striation on both side of
                the U-shape end (if the surface of the bone is well
                preserved, you can see them with the naked eye)? Is the
                end sharp or smooth? Does the base of the tool show
                traces of percussion or not?</div>
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              <div class="">Best wishes</div>
              <div class="">Isabelle</div>
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                    Isabelle Sidéra<br class="">
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                    <div class="">Le 13 mars 2023 à 10:35, Ian Riddler
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                          Hello Marta and Hans,</div>
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                          Apologies about the delay, this is a
                          fascinating object. Is it hollow? I suspect
                          that it might be. It is probably a fairly
                          elaborate handle but there is also the
                          possibility that it is a medieval lucet, an
                          implement used to create braids. Difficult to
                          see if there are any prongs at the end. The
                          so-called ‘English’ variant of lucets uses
                          caprine metatarsals and has two distinctive
                          prongs at one end, as in the photo here. The
                          earliest lucets go back to the late ninth
                          century and they continue into the twelfth
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                          Hope this helps,</div>
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                          Sent from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
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                          Dear Marta,<br class="">
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                          I would like to use this strange piece as
                          Bonetool of the month on the other day. Would
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                          Christian<br class="">
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                          > Am 27.02.2023 um 17:08 schrieb Marta
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                          > A friend of mine has come across this
                          caprine metatarsal (photos attached)  among
                          the faunal assemblage from a medieval castle
                          in Spain. Although she thinks the artefact is
                          medieval, she does not exclude the possibility
                          of an earlier date because Bronze age levels
                          were identified on site, too. The problem is
                          that it derives from old excavations and the
                          field notes are lost.<br class="">
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                          > Any comments on its use or parallels are
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                          > Marta<br class="">
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                        moz-do-not-send="true">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br
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                        href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools"
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Bonetools mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a>
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