Artefacte din os și corn provenite din așezări eneolitice aflate în Subcarpații Moldovei. Observații tehno-funcționale
Bone and antler artefacts from Eneolithic settlements in the Moldavian Subcarpathians. Techno-functional observations

Summary/Abstract: The small size of analysed assemblages does not allow to us outline a general picture of the typological and technological features of the osseous industry in the settlements under discussion. We are talking about a total of 15 pieces, of which 11 were made from bone and 4 from Cervus elaphus antler. The typological categories are varied, being represented by bevelled tools (5), bone with scraping marks (1), abraded astragalus (1), perforated phalanx (1), pointed tool (1), needle (1), belt element (1), piece involved in fibre processing (1), indeterminate (1), to which two blanks are added. The transformation technological schemes are also varied, but they illustrate a unity of procedures, with a single variable at the debitage operation (percussion), with two surface modification procedures (abrasion and scraping) and with a single volume modification procedure (perforation). In cases where the state of preservation is satisfactory, we were able to microscopically identify advanced degrees of use wear and, in some cases, resharpening interventions of the active end, indicating that we are talking about items used for a significant period of time.

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