Dear Nadja
I'm an amateur lurker and I haven't a login to see the photos, but I've done a good deal of work
both as a leatherworker and an embroiderer - this sounds like a punch tool for "pricking" a line of
pre-stitch holes to ensure the sewn work with awl and needle is neat. Google "leatherworking
pricking tool" for images to compare. Modern versions are also rotary but there are still fixed
punches that are exactly what you've described.
The purpose of such a tool might be functional (making neat tight seams) or decorative (defining
a line for decorative stitching) or both.
regards
Sue Millard
10 Apr 2015 at 11:01, Pöllath, Nadja wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues!
> I have two requests for the worked bones specialists:
> The first 'tool' consists of several awl-like bone tips - arranged in a line. It was found next
> to a body, which was deposited in a pit - so no regular burial. According to the
> archaeologist the dead wore both, the bone tool as well as stone tool, on the person when
> he/she was deposited in (or thrown into) the pit. The site is in Lower Bavaria, the pit and
> the 'grave' date to the Altheim culture (Neolithic). Any ideas about its purpose? Similar
> finds?
> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/altheim-grave
> The same colleague sent photos of another tool of unknown purpose. It was found in a La
> Tene context. Any ideas about its use? Similar finds anywhere?
> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/la-tene-bone-tool
> We are grateful for any comments, suggestions or hints.
> Best,
> Nadja
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