Ancient and Modern Bone Artefacts from America to Russia: Cultural, technological and functional signature: Cultural, technological and functional signature

Introduction / Alexandra Legrand-pineau And Isabelle Sidéra -- Down To The Bone : Tracking Prehistoric Bone Technology In Southern Patagonia / Vivian Scheinsohn -- The Impact Of Insularity On Morphologies And Techniques : The Aceramic Neolithic Bone Tools From Khirokitia (cyprus) / Alexandra Legrand-pineau -- The Neolithization In Southern Levant : Impact Of Animal Herding On The Exploitation Of Bone Materials, From Reticence To Adoption Of Domestic Herds / Gaëlle Le Dosseur -- Worked Bone, Tooth And Antler Objects From The Early Neolithic Site Of Asparn/zaya-schletz (lower Austria) / Daniela Fehlmann -- Bone Artefacts From The Neolithic And Medieval Site Of Karancsság--alsó-rét (northern Hungary) / Erika Gál -- Worked Bone Remains From Godin Tepe, Iran : Chalcolithic To Iron Age / Pam Crabtree And Douglas V. Campana -- Bone-working In Roman Dacia / Lóránt Vass -- Socio-economic And Cultural Implications In Medieval Society : The Unpublished Collections Of The Region Of Douai (france) / Dorothée Chaoui-derieux -- Iroquoian Bone Artifacts : Characteristics And Problems / Christian Gates St-pierre -- Bone Working And Productions In The Medieval Castle Of Guetrat (salzburg) / Felix Lang -- Tortoiseshell In The 17th And 18th Century Dutch Republic / Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen -- Non-utilitarian Transformation Of Horse Mandibles : Magdalenian Examples From Pekárna (moravia, Czech Republic) And La Vache (ariège, France) / Martina Lázničková-galetová -- Palaeolithic Portable Art And Its Relation To Ungulate Bones (metapods) / Éva David -- Mesolithic Zoomorphic Perforated Antler Staff Heads From Central Russia And Eastern Urals : Ceremonial Weapons Or Shaman's Staves? / Mikhail Zhilin -- Experiments On Manufacturing Techniques Of Mesolithic And Early Neolithic Slotted Bone Projectile Points From Eastern Urals / Svetlana Savchenko -- Ribs As A Raw Material In Roman Bone Artefacts From Virunum (southern Austria) / Kordula Gostenčnik -- Antler Manufacturing In The Eastern Carpathian Regions In The Time Of Sântana De Mureş-Černjachov Culture (late Roman Period) / Sergiu Musteaţă And Alexandru Popa -- Highland Tunes In The Lowlands : A Medieval Vulture Bone Flute From Northern Germany / Hans Christian Küchelmann -- Archaeological Evidence Of Pre-industrial Worked Bone Activity In 18th Century Seville, Spain / Marta Moreno-garcía ... [et Al.] -- Reconstructing The Chaîne Opératoire Of Skin Processing In Pavlovian Bone Artifacts From Dolní Věstonice I, Czech Republic / Michaela Rašková Zelinková -- Sewing With Or Without A Needle In The Upper Palaeolithic? / Penelope Amato -- Technology And Use-wear Analysis Of The Non-utilitarian Bones Objects From The Russian Upper Palaeolithic Site Of Byki-7(i) / Natalia Akhmetgaleeva -- Testing Functional Hypothesis Of Late Holocene Bone Bipoints From The Lower Parana Wetands (argentina) / Natacha Buc -- Early Neolithic And Chalcolithic Crude Adzes : A Technological And Use-wear Focus On An Unknown Artefact Type From Near-east To Western Europe / Isabelle Sidéra -- The Complete And Usable Tool : Some Life Histories Of Prehistoric Bone Tools In Hungary / Alice M. Choyke And Márta Daróczi-szabó -- Hafted Points And Their Functional Interpretation On The Basis Of Their Horizontal Distribution At The Neolithic Site Of Arbon Bleiche 3 (3384-3370 Bc), Switzerland / Jörg Schibler ... [et Al.] -- Tracing The Function Of The Antler Points From The Late Bronze Age Fortified Settlement Of Asva In Estonia / Heidi Luik -- Use-wear Or Butchery Marks : A Borderline Case : Bone Objects From Roman Carnuntum, Lower Austria / Günther Karl Kunst -- Pierced Metapodials From Al-Ândalus : Some Observations Towards Their Understanding / Marta Moreno-garcía And Carlos M. Pimenta -- Late Pleistocene Technology In The New World : Bone Artifacts From Cueva Del Medio And Other Sites In The Southern Cone Of South America / Hugo G. Nami -- Functional Analysis Of Prehistoric Bone Instruments From The Uruguayan Atlantic Coast / Federica Moreno Rudolphi And Ignacio Clemente Conte -- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly : Prehispanic Harpoon Heads From Beagle Channel, Isla Grande De Tierra Del Fuego (patagonia, Argentina) / Vivian Scheinsohn -- Linking Evidences : From Carcass Processing To Bone Technology : The Case Of The Lower Paraná Wetlands (late Holocene, Argentina) / Alejandro Acosta, Natacha Buc And Leonardo Mucciolo -- Bone Technology And Archaeological Interpretation In Prehispanic Columbia / Elizabeth Ramos-roca. Edited By Alexandra Legrand-pineau ... [et Al.] ; With The Collaboration Of Douglas M. Campana ... [et Al.]. Contributions From 6th International Conference Worked Bone Research Group - Icaz, Paris, 26-31 August 2007 And 10th International Conference Icaz - Bone Raw Material Exploitation In South America Session, Mexico City, 23-28 August 2006. Includes Bibliographical References. Introduction (Alexandra Legrand-Pineau and Isabelle Sidera); 1) Down to the Tracking Prehistoric Bone Technology in Southern Patagonia (Vivian Scheinsohn); 2) The Impact of Insularity on Morphologies and Techniques. The Aceramic Neolithic Bone Tools from Khirokitia (Cyprus) (Alexandra Legrand-Pineau); 3) The Neolithization in Southern Impact of Animal Herding on the Exploitation of Bone Materials, from Reticence to Adoption of Domestic Herds (Galle Le Dosseur); 4) Worked Bone, Tooth and Antler Objects from the Early Neolithic Site of Asparn/Zaya-Schletz (Lower Austria) (Daniela Fehlmann); 5) Bone Artefacts from the Neolithic and Medieval Site of Karancssg Als-rt (Northern Hungary) (Erika Gal); 6) Worked Bone Remains from Godin Tepe, Iran - Chalcolithic to Iron Age (Pam Crabtree and Douglas V. Campana); 7) Bone-Working in Roman Dacia (Lrnt Vass); 8) Socio-economic and Cultural Implications in Medieval the Unpublished Collections of the Region of Douai (France) (Dorothe Chaoui-Derieux); 9) Iroquoian Bone Characteristics and Problems (Christian Gates St-Pierre); 10) Bone Working and Productions in the Medieval Castle of Guetrat (Salzburg) (Felix Lang); 11) Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic (Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen); 12) Technological Signature Non-Utilitarian Transformation of Horse Mandibles. Magdalenian Examples from Pekrna (Moravia, Czech Republic) and La Vache (Arige, France) ( Martina Lznickov-Galetov); 13) Palaeolithic Portable Art and its Relation to Ungulate Bones (Metapods) (va David); 14) Mesolithic Zoomorphic Perforated Antler Staff Heads from Central Russia and Eastern Ceremonial Weapons or Shamans Staves? (Mikhail Zhilin); 15) Experiments on Manufacturing Techniques of Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Slotted Bone Projectile Points from Eastern Urals (Svetlana Savchenko); 16) Ribs as a Raw Material in Roman Bone Artefacts from Virunum (Southern Austria) (Kordula Gostencnik); 17) Antler Manufacturing in the Eastern Carpathian Regions in the Time of Sntana de Mures-Cernjachov Culture (Late Roman Period) (Sergiu Musteata and Alexandru Popa); 18) Highland Tunes in the a Medieval Vulture Bone Flute from Northern Germany (Hans Christian Kuechelmann); 19) Archaeological Evidence of Pre-Industrial Worked Bone Activity in 18th Century Seville, Spain (Marta Moreno-Garca et al.); 20) Functional Signature. Reconstructing the Chane Opratoire of Skin Processing in Pavlovian Bone Artifacts from Doln Vestonice I, Czech Republic (Michaela Rakov Zelinkov); 21) Sewing With or Without a Needle in the Upper Palaeolithic? (Penelope Amato); 22) Technology and Use-wear Analysis of the Non-utilitarian Bones Objects from the Russian Upper Paleolithic Site of Byki-7(I) (Natalia Akhmetgaleeva); 23) Testing Functional Hypothesis of Late Holocene Bone Bipoints from the Lower Parana Wetands (Argentina) (Natacha Buc); 24) Early Neolithic and Chalcolithic Crude Adzes. A Technological and Use-wear Focus on an Unknown Artefact Type from Near-East to Western Europe (Isabelle Sidra); 25) The Complete and Usable Some Life Histories of Prehistoric Bone Tools in Hungary (Alice M. Choyke and Mrta Darczi-Szab); 26) Hafted Points and their Functional Interpretation on the Basis of their Horizontal Distribution at the Neolithic Site of Arbon Bleiche 3 (3384 3370 BC), Switzerland (Jrg Schibler et al.); 27) Tracing the Function of the Antler Points from the Late Bronze Age Fortified Settlement of Asva in Estonia (Heidi Luik); 28) Use-wear or Butchery a Borderline Case. Bone Objects from Roman Carnuntum, Lower Austria (Guenther Karl Kunst); 29) Pierced Metapodials from al- Some Observations Towards their Understanding (Marta Moreno-Garca and Carlos M. Pimenta); 30) Late Pleistocene Technology in the New Bone Artifacts from Cueva del Medio and Other Sites in the Southern Cone of South America (Hugo G. Nami); 31) Functional Analysis of Prehistoric Bone Instruments from the Uruguayan Atlantic Coast (Federica Moreno Rudolph and Ignacio Clemente Conte); 32) The Good, the Bad and the Prehispanic Harpoon Heads from Beagle Channel, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Patagonia, Argentina) (Vivian Scheinsohn); 33) Linking from Carcass Processing to Bone Technology. The Case of the Lower Paran Wetlands (Late Holocene, Argentina) (Alejandro Acosta et al.); 34) Bone Technology and Archaeological Interpretation in Prehispanic Colombia (Elizabeth Ramos-Roca). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Organization and Coference Information Table of Contents Introduction PART I — Worked Bone Research Group – ICAZ Cultural Signature Down to the Bone: Tracking Prehistoric Bone Technology in Southern Patagonia The Impact of Insularity on Morphologies and Techniques. The Aceramic Neolithic Bone Tools from Khirokitia (Cyprus) The Neolithization in Southern Levant: Impact of Animal Herding on the Exploitation of Bone Materials, from Reticence to Adoption of Domestic Herds Worked Bone, Tooth and Antler Objects from the Early Neolithic Site of Asparn/Zaya-Schletz (Lower Austria) Bone Artefacts from the Neolithic and Medieval Site of Karancsság – Alsó-rét (Northern Hungary) Worked Bone Remains from Godin Tepe, Iran - Chalcolithic to Iron Age Bone-Working in Roman Dacia Socio-economic and Cultural Implications in Medieval Society: the Unpublished Collections of the Region of Douai (France) Iroquoian Bone Artifacts: Characteristics and Problems Bone Working and Productions in the Medieval Castle of Guetrat (Salzburg) Tortoiseshell in the 17th and 18th Century Dutch Republic Technological Signature Non-Utilitarian Transformation of Horse Mandibles Magdalenian Examples from Pekárna (Moravia, Czech Republic) and La Vache (Ariège, France) Palaeolithic Portable Art and its Relation to Ungulate Bones (Metapods) Mesolithic Zoomorphic Perforated Antler Staff Heads from Central Russia and Eastern Urals: Ceremonial Weapons or Shaman’s Staves? Experiments on Manufacturing Techniques of Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Slotted Bone Projectile Points from Eastern Urals Ribs as a Raw Material in Roman Bone Artefacts from Virunum (Southern Austria) Antler Manufacturing in the Eastern Carpathian Regions in the Time of Sântana de Mureş-Černjachov Culture (Late Roman Period) Highland Tunes in the Lowlands: a Medieval Vulture Bone Flute from Northern Germany Archaeological Evidence of Pre-Industrial Worked Bone Activity in 18th Century Seville, Spain Functional Signature Reconstructing the “Chaîne Opératoire” of Skin Processing in Pavlovian Bone Artifacts from Dolní Věstonice I, Czech Republic Sewing With or Without a Needle in the Upper Palaeolithic? Technology and Use-wear Analysis of the Non-utilitarian Bones Objects from the Russian Upper Paleolithic Site of Byki-7(I) Testing Functional Hypothesis of Late Holocene Bone Bipoints from the Lower Parana Wetands (Argentina) Early Neolithic and Chalcolithic Crude Adzes. A Technological and Use-wear Focuson an Unknown Artefact Type from Near-East to Western Europe The Complete and Usable Tool: Some Life Histories of Prehistoric Bone Tools in Hungary Hafted Points and their Functional Interpretation on the Basis of their Horizontal Distribution at the Neolithic Site of Arbon Bleiche 3 (3384 – 3370 BC), Switzerland Tracing the Function of the Antler “Points” from the Late Bronze Age Fortified Settlement of Asva in Estonia Use-wear or Butchery Marks: a Borderline Case. Bone Objects from Roman Carnuntum, Lower Austria Pierced Metapodials from al-Ândalus: Some Observations Towards their Understanding PART II — Bone Raw Material Exploitation in South America - ICAZ Late Pleistocene Technology in the New World: Bone Artifacts from Cueva del Medio and Other Sites in the Southern Cone of South America Functional Analysis of Prehistoric Bone Instruments from the Uruguayan Atlantic Coast The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Prehispanic Harpoon Heads from Beagle Channel, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Patagonia, Argentina) Linking Evidences: from Carcass Processing to Bone Technology. The Case of the Lower Paraná Wetlands (Late Holocene, Argentina) Bone Technology and Archaeological Interpretation in Prehispanic Colombia Contributors