Savaria - A Vas Megyei Múzeumok értesítője 30. (2006) (Szombathely, 2007)

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Savaria a Vas megyei Múzeumok Értesítője, 30 (2006) Use wear: There is some polish at the tip suggesting that towards the end of its working life the object also functioned as an awl. However the tool fractured longitudinally and later burned, perhaps after it was discarded in the fill of the pit. Re-working: There is some evidence that the edge was re-worked as the striations from scraping are very clear. The tip was ground secondarily after it ceased to be used as a scraper. Objects of this type are common in all prehistoric periods in Hungary and everywhere where wild pig can be found. Thus, this object has no dating value and it is not at all clear that it can be associated with either of the metapodial awls (1 and 2) or the half-finished spatula. 6. Scraped antler tine with worked tip. (no Schibler type) Measurements: GL= 184.0 mm; GB= 27.0 mm; GD= 18.8 mm; LSD= 8.8 mm; Btip= 7.3 mm. Red Deer crown tine {Cervus elephus Linnaeus 1758) (Figure 4e). Feature 1. Manufacturing technique: Red deer antler from stags, denser and more resistant to shock than bone (CURRY 1979; MACGREGOR 1985) has always been a valuable raw material, even up to the present day. Although some antler certainly came from hunted animals, most must have been gathered in the early Spring in territories where stags regularly dropped their antlers. The antler could then be stored in cool damp places for use throughout the year. The base of the crown tine is broken lengthwise so it impossible to say how it was detached from the rack. However, the naturally rough, grooved surface of the tine below the point was scraped smooth with a chipped stone tool. The tip was grooved crudely by a gouging movement 4.5mm below the tip. The form is not typical of any particular prehistoric period. Although it was not carefully planned and little work or thought was put into its manufacture, the fact that it was made from a selected raw material means that it can be categorized as a Class I

—II tool, falling somewhere in the middle of the manufacturing continuum (CHOYKE 1997b, 2001). Use wear: There is some polish and gouged lines at the tip of the time tool. That, together with the fact that the base is broken suggests that it functioned as some kind of intermediary piece in percussive activities. It was not in used very long before it broke. Re-working: It does not appear to be re-worked or re-used although the crude groove below the tip may reflect secondary use after the base shattered. Objects of this type are common in all prehistoric periods in Hungary. Thus, this object also has no dating value and it is not at all clear that it can be associated with any of the other tools. DISCUSSION Although none of the tools were found in close physical association with each other the two metapodial awls and the rib spatula are consistent with the Late Neolithic ProtoLengyel dating of the pit. It is likely that the fine ad hoc awl is also contemporaneous 101