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Worked bone tools: linking metal artisans and animal processors in medieval Islamic Morocco
The authors examine the spatial distribution, use-wear patterns and surface residue of bone tools from al-Basra, concluding that they were likely to be have been used by Islamic metalworkers. The presence of bone tools and butchery waste in an urban metalworking context underscores the close economi...
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Published in: | Antiquity 2002-06, Vol.76 (292), p.447-457 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | The authors examine the spatial distribution, use-wear patterns and surface residue of bone tools from al-Basra, concluding that they were likely to be have been used by Islamic metalworkers. The presence of bone tools and butchery waste in an urban metalworking context underscores the close economic ties that existed between artisans and food producers in a pre-industrial urban centre in the western Mediterranean. |
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ISSN: | 0003-598X 1745-1744 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0003598X00090554 |