Manufacture of items of hard materials of animal origin during the Late Bronze Age (the Noua-Sabatinovka cultural complex) Cover Image

Industria materiei dure animale în perioada târzie a epocii bronzului (complexul cultural Noua-Sabatinovka)
Manufacture of items of hard materials of animal origin during the Late Bronze Age (the Noua-Sabatinovka cultural complex)

Author(s): Mariana Sîrbu
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei
Keywords: Late Bronze Age; Noua-Sabatinovka culture; bone

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the categories of bone and horn objects with the reasoning of their purpose and technique of manufacture. Numerous bone articles found in the settlements and burials of the Noua-Sabatinovka cultural complex indicate the high development of techniques of manufacture of bone tools. From 1956 to 2008 in the course archaeological excavations and prospecting in the territory of the Republic of Moldova there were discovered 620 bone items (awls, scrapers, polishers etc.), 28 horn items (17 made of antler and 11 of cattle horn), 3 wild boar’s tusks, and two shells of mollusks.

  • Issue Year: V/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 199-223
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Romanian
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