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Tanulmányok – Abhandlungen - Choyke, A. M.: A Classification of the Bone and Antler Tools from the Bronze Age Hill-fortress of Pákozdvár. p. 9–21.

There are two canines from wild boar (Sus scrofa ferus) which have multiple perforations, presumably for suspension. The numbers are 6215 and 6271. (Pic. 6215) 6215 There are nine perforated dog canines, some of which have been rendered even further pointed by carving at the root end. Others are perforated but otherwise unmodified. The numbers in this group are 7271, 7270, 6271, 6217, 6216, and 6215. (Pic. 7270) 7270 Other There is one fresh water mussel drilled at the hinge and used in ornamentation. It is number 6228. Conclusions Hardness, shape, and gross size were probably the limiting factors in the choice of a particular bone for a particular function. However, tool function crosscuts these attributes to some extent, such that the same bone part might be use for different tools, tools with the same function might be made with different bone parts, or the same tool might even have been used in different ways during the course of its work lifetime. Because of this ambiguity in attributes no attempt was made to form specific tool classes. The tools modified by use only, were grouped by these three sets of attributes. The general function however, was finally inferred from the direction and intensity of the work striations. Single purpose tools, or artifacts on the other hand, were more heavily manufacture-modified and as such could be assigned to more specific categories on morphological grounds alone. It should be briefly noted which kinds of interval data would have been most useful in helping to discriminate types. Such data was herein ignored due to the low sample size of 255 specimens. As a result, tools have been grouped together into types which prehistorically functioned in separate but closely related ways depending on size. Size affects strength. Obviously a perforator made from a cattle ulna could be used on thicker material than one from a sheep or goat ulna. Such size measurements should be considered along with the two inherent attribute groups of hardness and shape. Measurements of the working end, whose size and form is subsequently determined by use, should be considered with the striation attribute. Given a sample size of several thousand then, note should be made of the following : 1. Greatest length of the tool 2. Greatest width of the tool 3. Greatest length of the working end 4. Greatest width of the working end 5. Greatest thickness of the working end 6. Least thickness of the working end Hopefully these measurements should vary somewhat regularly with the nominal attributes used in this classification. I. Heavy duty chopping tools from the Antler Rose A) Unifacial heavy duty chopper swung sideways B) Unifacial heavy duty chopper swung up and down C) Unifacial heavy duty chopper swung up and down and sideways D) Bi-facial heavy duty choppers generally swung up and down II. Gouging and smoothing tools of Antler Shaft and Tine A) Multi-pointed tool moved up and down B) Unifacial pointed tool moved sideways over material to be smoothed 20