<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=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div 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=""><div class=""><span class="">As this </span><b class="">month’s bonetool</b> I have chosen the Roman folding knife handles from Bagacum, France, published by Tarek Oueslati et al., which have already been mentioned in my February updates mail. They are particularly special, because morphology as well as biomolecular analysis point towards aurochs bone as raw material. See</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=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Otherwise there is nothing to report this month except for some</div><div class=""><b class="">References</b> added to the database:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Abbado, M. </span> (2000): Manufatti in osso e corno. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Bruni, S. (ed.): </span>
Le navi antiche di Pisa. Ad un'anno dall'inizio delle ricerche [The
ancient ships of Pisa. After a year of work], 295-306, Firenze</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Acquaviva, M.-N. </span> (2000): Les ivoires de l'Egypte ancienne. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Béal, Jean-Claude & Goyon, J.-C. (eds.): </span>
Des ivoires et des cornes dans les mondes anciens (Orient-Occident),
Collection de l'Institut d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Antiquité
Lyon, 93-99, Lyon</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Almagro-Gorbea, M. & Sesé, G. </span> (1996): La muñeca de marfil de Segóbriga. – Madrider Mitteilungen 37, 170-181</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Deubner, </span>Ludwig<span class="kapitaelchen"> </span>(1929): Zum Astragalspiel. – Archäologischer Anzeiger 1929, 272ff</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Deubner, Ludwig </span>(1930): Spiele und Spielzeug der Griechen. – Die Antike - Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kultur des klassischen Altertums 6, 162-177</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Gál, Erika </span> (2017): Thong smoothers
from Early Bronze Age sites in South South-western Hungary, poster
presented at the 12th Worked Bone Research Group Meeting in Granada,
23.-27. May 2017, Granada</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Jüthner, Julius </span> (1932): Zu den Astragalwürfen. – Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes 27, 97ff</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">May, R. </span> (1991): Les jeux d'osselets. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">André, Jean-Marie (ed.): </span> Jouer dans l'Antiquité, 100ff, Marseille</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Rieche, Anita </span> (1984): Römische Kinder- und Gesellschaftsspiele, Stuttgart</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Schädler, Ulrich </span> (1993): Astragalspiele in der Antike. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Rossmann, Gertrud (ed.): </span> Spielzeug der Antike, 17ff, Hanau </div><br class=""></div> <br class=""><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<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></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>