Christian Gates St-Pierre demonstrated, in the ICAZ San Rafael meeting, the use of beaver incisors as chisels and scrapers
Hope that helps,
Aaron
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Aharon Sasson, PhD
Co-director, San Diego Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Department of Birds and Mammals
San Diego Natural History Museum
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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
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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
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Angela Perri
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, Germany
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