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There is another publication on this topic by Tove Hatting, from 1970: "Er baeverens taender benyttet som redskaber i Stenalderen i Danmark?" Published in: Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 116-126. Cheers, Jørn Zeiler -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Burke Ariane Verzonden: maandag 27 juli 2015 11:34 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: Re: [ZOOARCH] Knapped animal teeth Fascinating thread... For an early description of beaver tooth "knife sharpeners" (elsewhere described as adzes) written as a comment in Science in 1887 see: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1763933?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents These tools are very common in North America, in Canada known from the Queen Charlotte islands to Quebec. There are drawers full of them at the Manitoba Museum. They aren't knapped per se, but are retouched (as per the 1887 observation). Suzanne - I seem to remember seeing a reference for Palaeolithic worked rhino tooth from somewhere in China? Not something I downloaded to Endnote, sorry. Perhaps WoS will give you some good leads? Cheers, Ariane Dr. Ariane Burke, Professeure Titulaire, Professeure invitee (2014-15) Laboratoire d'archeologie prehistorique Institut J.-A. Forel, Sciences de la Terre, Universite de Geneve http://archeozoologie.anthro.umontreal.ca/ ________________________________________ From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Aaron Sasson [[log in to unmask]] Sent: July 26, 2015 4:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Knapped animal teeth Christian Gates St-Pierre demonstrated, in the ICAZ San Rafael meeting, the use of beaver incisors as chisels and scrapers Hope that helps, Aaron ------------------------------------------------------- Aharon Sasson, PhD Co-director, San Diego Zooarchaeology Laboratory Department of Birds and Mammals San Diego Natural History Museum 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: 858 530 0062 SDZL: http://new.sdnhm.org/research/san-diego-zooarchaeology-lab P Please consider the impact on the environment before printing this message. -----Original Message----- From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angela Perri Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] Knapped animal teeth Dear ZOOARCHers, I am wondering if anyone knows of archaeological (or ethnographic) examples of knapped animal teeth being used as tools. I have come across a couple of examples of 'flakes' of large animal molars (e.g. rhino) being used, but I am looking for possible examples from naturally sharp teeth, like those of carnivores. Cheers, Angela __________________________________________ Angela Perri Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Human Evolution Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, Germany [log in to unmask]