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Dear all, While analysing pottery from the neolithic tell of Vinca, Serbia, we came upon pot fragments that had been reused as some kind of tools (their edges are undoubtedly worked). Some of them have regular incisions on their working surfaces, the incisions being very narrow and nicely shaped. Our possible explanation is that these incisions come from calming some kind of plant fibre, perhaps linen, since impressions of linen textile were found on some of the pots from this site. Has anyone ever encountered tools used for extracting fibre from flax stems or has an idea how they would look like? Any references in literature? Thank you. Dragana Milosevic University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Archaeology _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/