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Abstracts - 2008 Seminar

The 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 24th - Saturday 26th July 2008.

This is supported by the MBI Al Jaber Foundation . Visit their website at: www.mbifoundation.com and read details about their sponsorship at http://www.mbifoundation.com/mbi-foundation-projects/seminar-for-arabian-studies.html

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Techno-functional analysis of the bone tools unearthed at the fishing settlement of KHB-1, from the beginning of the IV millennium BC (Ra's al-Khabbah, Ja'lan region, Sultanate of Oman), Fabio CAVULLI, E. CISTIANI (both Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy) & Simona SCARUFFI (University of Bologna, Italy).

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Cavulli, Fabio ()
Laboratorio di Preistoria 'B. Bagolini', Dipartimento di Filosofia, Storia e Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Trento, Corso 3 Novembre, 132, I-38100, Trento, Italia

Cristiani, E
Laboratorio di Preistoria 'B. Bagolini', Dipartimento di Filosofia, Storia e Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Trento, Corso 3 Novembre, 132, I-38100, Trento, Italia

Scaruffi, Simona ()
Dipartimento di Archeologia, University of Bologna, Department of Archaeology, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2, I-40124, Bologna, Italy

Abstract:
A techno-functional study has been carried out on a sample of bone tools coming from different occupational phases of the coastal settlement of KHB-1 (Ra's al-Khabbah, Ja'l?n region, Sultanate of Oman) dating back to the end of the V and the beginning of the IV millennium BC.
Bone awls, pins, and a ring were at first analysed at low magnification by means of a stereoscope with the aim of reconstructing the modalities of their production; later artefact surfaces were observed at high magnification in order to identify and interpret micro-traces connected to possible utilisation of the tools.
In this paper the authors emphasise the aspect of the technological traces recognized on the bone tools in relation to the use, morphology and the façonnage stage of specific sandstone grinders/files/sharpener coming from the same layers.

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