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Neolithic antler tools: a first insight into the exploitation of red deer of the Iranian Plateau

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Prehistoric societies exploited antlers to produce their equipment from very ancient periods (Middle Palaeolithic). After a very intense use during the Upper Palaeolithic, antlers are generally less used during the Neolithic, with the emergence of domestic practices and the increased availability of bone material from domesticated animals. Nevertheless, antler remains one of the elements of material culture that helps to characterise the relationship between early pastoral societies and wild animals, their environment, and its evolution during the Neolithic. On the Iranian Plateau, a key region for understanding the mechanisms of emergence and diffusion of domestication, antler production is poorly known from both a morpho-typological and techno-functional point of view. In the framework of the EXAMS project, we have carried out a first census of antler tools used by Iranian Neolithic groups. In this presentation, we will illustrate the results of this research as well as the first data from the techno-functional study of three series from Iranian sites (Tepe Abdul Hosein, Sang-e Chakhmaq and Tepe Zagheh.
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hal-04036489 , version 1 (19-03-2023)

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L. Manca, M. Mashkour. Neolithic antler tools: a first insight into the exploitation of red deer of the Iranian Plateau. Transversal seminar of the UMR 7209 AASPE Animals and Plants Familiar to Humans. Anthropozoology and Anthropobotany. Session n° 2. The Relationship Between Humans And Deer (Cervus) and their Material and Symbolic Expressions, Muséum National d’histoire Naturelle Paris, Oct 2022, Paris, France. ⟨hal-04036489⟩

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