<div dir="auto">Dear Jie,</div><div dir="auto">thank you for the answer.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">That is a very interesting interpretation I started to read about yesterday, indeed!</span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thank you for advices, I will recheck traces!</span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kindest regards,</span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Simeun</span></div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">сре, 15. апр 2026. у 01:08 Jie Shen <<a href="mailto:jieshen9@stanford.edu">jieshen9@stanford.edu</a>> је написао/ла:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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Thanks for sharing this interesting object. I totally agreed with the idea that it may imitate a knife/dagger considering the guard and the butt. I just want to add a little bit upon Alice's discussion,the photo does not show the details of cuttign edge or
blade tip, if there's any use-wears that may tell us if the object was put into uses for just function as ornament. And the length of blade seems to be shorter than handle, which may indicate it imitates the hunter's knife or tool knife instead of a combat
knife. Also, if the object is not thoroughly cleaned, you may still have the chance to collect some residue samples from the drilled hole which will tell you if the stirngs used to hang the object are made of some types of plant fibers.</div>
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Hope your research goes well!</div>
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">From:</b> Bonetools <<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>> on behalf of Simeun Srdanović <<a href="mailto:simosrdanovic@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">simosrdanovic@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2026 04:20<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn. <<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Bone pendant </div>
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Dear dr Choyke, thank you for the literature, I am sure it will be more than enough for the start! Kindest regards, Simeun уто, 14. апр 2026. у 12: 41 Alice Choyke <choyke@ gmail. com> је написао/ла: Dear Simeun, There is a new interest in</div></div><div dir="ltr">
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<div style="direction:ltr">уто, 14. апр 2026. у 12:41 Alice Choyke <<a href="mailto:choyke@gmail.com" id="m_3561197237198010991OWA39e5f1c9-1ea9-2781-f450-21c241b6671c" target="_blank">choyke@gmail.com</a>> је написао/ла:</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:13.5pt"> There is a new interest in this subject. I published a paper on the subject some years ago which I am attaching here. I failed to include imitation where the size is deliberately altered (from normal size
to bigger especially). Miniaturization is evident from your example as well.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM Simeun Srdanović <<a href="mailto:simosrdanovic@gmail.com" id="m_3561197237198010991OWAfee5160e-3967-60c3-60e2-ba78d3146b23" target="_blank">simosrdanovic@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Firstly, I would like ti express my excitement for your rapid answer! Thank you! This is very intersting POV, indeed!</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">I will definitely try to study this subject! (Imitation of objects). Do you maybe have any starting literature to suggest, I would be very grateful! If you have time, of course.</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">Thank you once again!</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">уто, 14. апр 2026. у 11:45 Alice Choyke <<a href="mailto:choyke@gmail.com" id="m_3561197237198010991OWA6acf9c9f-cbd0-b286-8add-ad5558a6b2a9" target="_blank">choyke@gmail.com</a>> је написао/ла:</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:18px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> First of all, I think your 'bone' pendant is made from antler - probably red deer or moose. Secondly, it looks rather new - there is certainly not much wear around the hole. It was obviously
meant to be suspended but frankly, it reminds me of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic and even Bronze age antler objects (from Hungary and Switzerland at least) made in imitation of composite objects. Imitation is an interesting subject and meant to enhance or
draw attention to some intrinsic social value of the imitated object. For example - here is a little axe-blade shaped object, manufactured out of bone and also meant to be suspended from a MBA context in Hungary. What is being imitated would either be a polished
stone blade or a bronze axe-blade, not because metal blades were not widely available but because the shape holds layers of social meaning , the details of which can only be guessed about. Your object, to my eye looks like a hafted blade (knife?).</div>
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