Thanks for some interesting suggestions so far. The rhino tooth tool
reference Ariane may be referring to is this one I found previously:
Miller-Antonio, Sari, L. A. Schepartz, and D. Bakken. "Raw material
selection and evidence for rhinoceros tooth tools at Dadong Cave,
southern China." Antiquity 74.284 (2000): 372-379.
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Burke Ariane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
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> Dr. Ariane Burke, Professeure Titulaire,
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> Christian Gates St-Pierre demonstrated, in the ICAZ San Rafael meeting, the use of beaver incisors as chisels and scrapers
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> Hope that helps,
> Aaron
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> Dear ZOOARCHers,
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Angela
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