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Good question, I don't know. The two specimens from Iron Age Kadesh Barnea/Tell el Qudeirat come - one from a fill, another without context at all, and they are broken, not worked. I'd be very interested to find out more. On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Salima Ikram wrote: > What all are cuttlebones used for? I have a vague memory of > jewellery making.... > > On 25 Jan 2011, at 11:28, Matt Law wrote: > >> Dear Bendeguz, >> >> Cuttlebones aren't all that commonly found, but they do survive >> archaeologically, for example at Akrotiri-Aetokremnos on Cyprus. >> I'm afraid I don't have a copy of that report, but you can read the >> abstract here: http://triton.anu.edu.au/issue_11.htm. Fragments of >> cuttlebone were also reported at Balakot, Pakistan - you can read >> that report here http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/paleo_0153-9345_2005_num_31_1_4787 >> >> There was a short article about cephalopods and archaeology in >> Circaea in 1996 by David Smart, which may be read online here http://www.envarch.net/publications/circaea/12.2/12-2-smart.pdf >> >> I'm afraid I don't have a copy to hand to check, but I would expect >> there to be something on the subject in Ken Thomas and Marcello >> Mannino's contribution to D R Brothwell and A M Pollard's (2001) >> Handbook of Archaeological Science (pp427-441). >> >> Offhand I don't know of any cuttlebone moulds that have been >> recovered. I'd be interested in hearing of any reports . >> >> I hope that's some help >> >> Matt > > Salima Ikram > Professor of Egyptology > American University in Cairo > P. O. Box 74, Road 90, Tagammu 5 > New Cairo 11825, EGYPT > [log in to unmask] > Fax: 20227957565 > > > > >