<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="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am forwarding a bonetool related question from the ZOOARCH-Mailing list here. Maybe somebody in the BONETOOLS list has ideas for Juan Rofes. Please get in touch with him directly, but don’t forget to send a CC to BONETOOLs as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Christian</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Von: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Juan Rofes <<a href="mailto:00004d50bd68712e-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" class="">00004d50bd68712e-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Betreff: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[ZOOARCH] Inquiry about a bone artifact. Philippines</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Datum: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">3. Februar 2026 um 08:06:24 MEZ<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">An: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:ZOOARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" class="">ZOOARCH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Antwort an: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Juan Rofes <<a href="mailto:jcrofes@UP.EDU.PH" class="">jcrofes@UP.EDU.PH</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Dear Zooarch community,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">May I ask your help regarding t<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">he bone artifact pictures of which are attached here?</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This element comes from the Acosta Property in Sabaltan, northeast of the island of Palawan, Philippine archipelago. The best age estimates from sediments at the site ranged from the 6-10th centuries CE, what is locally known as the Metal period. It was found associated with a human burial. Other findings include imported glass and stone beads and metal objects. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">A ZooMS analysis has established it was elaborated from a dugong bone.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Our initial interpretation is that this was a piece used for personal adornment (part of a necklace?) and likely, given its context, a mortuary offering associated with the adult buried there.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Has anyone in this mailing list seen something like this before anywhere in the world either from archaeological or ethnographic records?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In case yes, is there anything published about it or anything we can refer to? It does not need to be made of dugong bone, any other animal will do.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There is a limit of 5M for attachments here, but I can send more pictures with details if needed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I would greatly appreciate any reference, clue or suggestion.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Kind regards,</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><b class="">Juan ROFES</b></div><div class=""><i class="">UP Scientist III</i></div><div class=""><i class="">Professor</i></div><div class=""><i class="">Head of the Zooarchaeology Laboratory</i></div><div class="">School of Archaeology</div><div class="">Albert Hall, Lakandula St.</div><div class="">University of the Philippines</div><div class="">Diliman, Quezon City 1101, PHILIPPINES</div><div class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:jcrofes@up.edu.ph" target="_blank" class="">jcrofes@up.edu.ph</a></div><div class="">Phone: +632 89818500 local 2446</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">Research Associate</i> [Correspondent]</div><div class="">Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, pratiques et environnements</div><div class="">UMR 7209, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle/CNRS</div><div class="">CP56, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, FRANCE</div><div class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:juan.rofes@mnhn.fr" target="_blank" class="">juan.rofes@mnhn.fr</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><i class="">President of the UP International Faculty Alliance</i></div><div class=""><div class="">School of Archaeology</div><div class="">Albert Hall, Lakandula St.</div><div class="">University of the Philippines</div><div class="">Diliman, Quezon City 1101, PHILIPPINES</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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