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Object Number
72-20-40/6912
Display Title
Pointed bone tools, made of metatarsal & metacarpal bones. Mammal, metapodial
Descriptions
Object Description
Mammal, metapodial bones. Awls; some with distal end well intact (5). Some with proximal end sharpened. Modified: sharpened ends, split.
Inventory Description
Organic, bone, utilized, awls, pointed ends
Classification
- Utilized bone
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
Switzerland
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake dwellings; Lake Concise; Lake Neuchatel
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 1.5 x 1 cm (3 7/8 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
21
Label on object
6912
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72-20-40/6926 | Bone tool made of a metatarsal bone. Large mammal, metapodial. |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 71-19-40/5517 | Bone awls. Large mammal, metapodial. |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 71-19-40/5526 | Dagger made of metatarsel bone of stag. Large mammal, metapodial. |
Perforator
|
Switzerland
|
| 01-32-10/57103 | Bone awl made from metacarpal or metatarsal of deer |
Perforator
|
Wetherill Mesa Pueblo; Mesa Tierra; LA 17220
|
| 78-64-40/16692 | Bone awls; Bone shards and metatarsals of rabbit |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 46-78-40/5937 | Sharpened animal limb bone. Bone tool, metapodial. |
Utilized bone
|
Lake Dwelling
|
| 2006.25.31 | Utilized bone. Bone implements, metapodials. |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 01-32-10/57116 | Bone implement made from a metacarpal or metatarsal bone of deer |
Utilized bone
|
Wetherill Mesa Pueblo; Mesa Tierra; LA 17220
|
| 71-19-40/5711 | Tool made of the ulna of an ox. Large mammal, very likely cervid |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 78-64-40/16688 | Bone awls; Bone tools, ulna and scapula. |
Utilized bone
|
Switzerland
|
| 2004.24.13737 | Bone awls made from split ends of metapodials |
Grant County
|
|
| 71-19-40/5469 | Awls made of bone; Sharpened bone pieces |
Utilized bone
|
St. Aubin
|