<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=""><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=""><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; 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="">this </span><b class="">month’s bonetool</b> is a strange Middle Bronze Age whale bone artefact of yet unknown purpose, found in the coastal region of The Netherlands:</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="">Joris Brattinga (<a href="mailto:J.Brattinga@archol.nl" class="">J.Brattinga@archol.nl</a>) would be grateful for suggestions of its function and comparative items. As always, please do not forget to CC the BONETOOLS list if you answer Joris’ request.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Aija Macāne and Éva David are organizing a session entitled</div><div class=""><b class="">Pendant or not a pendant? Identification, uses and meanings</b></div><div class="">at the 20th world Congress of the International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (<b class="">UISPP</b>) in <b class="">Timişoara</b>, Romania • <b class="">3. – 10. September 2023</b></div><div class="">Please find their call for papers attached below.</div><div class="">A new page is available for this session on the WBRG website and the event has been added to the related pages:</div><div class=""><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/news/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/news/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/uispp-2023-timisoara/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/meetings/uispp-2023-timisoara/</a></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marianne Christensen and Nejma Goutas informed me that the upcoming <b class="">15th WBRG meeting in Paris</b> will take place from <b class="">Monday</b> <b class="">13th to Friday 17th of May 2024</b>. The related pages on the WBRG website have been updated accordingly:</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/news/" class="">https://www.wbrg.net/news/</a></div><div class="">Wednesday, 15th of May will be an off-day reserved for several museum visits. </div><div class="">The website for the meeting will be accessible by the end of May 2023 with all the detail concerning the meeting and other facilities.</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 (this time a bit biased by literature on flutes):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Becker, Thomas </span> (2023): Bleischwerer Knochen. – Archäologie in Deutschland 2/2023, 56</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Dietl, Holger / Orschiedt, Jörg / Meller, Harald </span> (2022): Die "Schamanin" von Bad Dürrenberg. – Archäologie in Deutschland 6/2022, 44-47</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Hurley, M. F. </span> (1997): Musical instruments. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Hurley, M. F. / Scully, O. M. B. / McCutcheon, S. W. J. (eds.): </span> Late Viking age and medieval Waterford: Excavations 1986–1992, 665-669, Waterford</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Hurley, M. F. </span> (2006): Archaeological evidence for craft in Cork and Waterford 1100– 1500 AD. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Gläser, Manfred (ed.): </span> Lübecker Kolloquium zur Stadtarchäologie im Hanseraum V: Das Handwerk, 13-26, Lübeck</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Lawson, G. </span> (1982): Note on the musical instrument. – Archaeological Journal 139, 252-254</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Lawson, G. </span> (1993): Bone flute. in: <span class="kapitaelchen">Margeson, S. (ed.): </span> Medieval and post medieval finds from Norwich survey excavations 1972–1977, East Anglian Archaeology, 211-212, Gressenhall</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Leaf, Helen </span> (2008): English medieval bone flutes, c. 450-c.1550 AD, PhD-thesis University College London, London</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># M<span class="kapitaelchen">egaw, J. Vincent S. </span> (1969): An end blown flute from medieval Canterbury. – Medieval Archaeology 12, 149-150</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Raistrick, A. / Spaul, E. / Todd, E. </span> (1952): The Malham Iron Age pipe. – Galpin Society Journal 5, 28-38</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Russow, Erki / Lougas, Lembi / Maldre, Liina /
Hiie, Sirje / Kihno, Kersti / Luik, Heidi / Kadakas, Villu / Sarv,
Krista / Kadakas, Ulla / Kalm, Anneli / Reppo, Monika </span> (2012):
Medieval and Early Modern Suburban Site in Tallinn, Tartu Road 1:
Artefacts and Ecofacts. – Arheoloogilised Välitööd Eestis
(Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia) 2012, 149-170</div><div class="">>>> download: <a href="https://arheoloogia.ee/ave2012/AVE2012_Russowjt_EKA.pdf" class="">https://arheoloogia.ee/ave2012/AVE2012_Russowjt_EKA.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Sermon, Richard Shaw & Todd, John F. J. </span> (2018): The Malham pipe: a reassessment of its context, dating and significance. – Northern History 55(1), 5-43</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Sermon, Richard Shaw </span> (2020): A medieval swan-bone flute from Abingdon. – Oxoniensia 85, 283-288</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># <span class="kapitaelchen">Winkler, K. & Schirmer, K. </span> (2021): Rentierjäger und Slawen. – Archäologie in Deutschland 5/2021, 54 </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></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></body></html>