Boar Tusk Jewelry

1924.02.0124

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Boar Tusk Jewelry   (1924.02.0124)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Adornment
  4. :
  5. Body Adornments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Neolithic
Date 4500 – 2500 BCE
Culture N/A

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 12.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 1.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.8 cm
Weight 21 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Animal--Tooth
Manufacturing Processes N/A

Research Remarks

Description


OLD LABEL: HUNTING Early man was an opportunistic hunter of both large and small game. He carried out daring ambushes, driving herds of game into large bogs - reindeer, mammouth, wild horse, and wild bull. Jump and surround techniques stampeded large herds of animals over cliffs and into narrow canyons. Stone Age man invented the atlatl, or spear thrower, which increased the range and force of the spear. Later in this period, he invented an even more efficient weapon, the bow and arrow. By the Neolithic period, domesticated animals provided a more regular source of meat. (9) Bone fragments ith butchering marks. France. 40,000-10,000 B.c. 24.2.423-4, 30.8.56. (10) The boar was hunted, and the slain animal's tusks were often worn as jewelry. France. Neolithic. 24.2.123-7. (11) Jawbone of a deer, hunted prey of Upper Paleolithic people. France.

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography Under Review

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Baudon Collection
Reproduction no

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