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A Rare Bone Stylus from Jubilee Cave, Settle, Yorkshire

A Rare Bone Stylus from Jubilee Cave, Settle, Yorkshire YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL https://doi.org/10.1080/00844276.2024.2360362 SHORT NOTE Stephen J. Greep and Tom Lord Independent Researchers, UK The object under discussion was found during excavations in Jubilee Cave, Settle by local workers from 1935 to 38 (Allen 1994). Jubilee Cave is one of several caves in the Settle area sharing a distinctive Romano-British artefact horizon, the best-known being Victoria Cave (Dearne and Lord 1998). Our piece (Figure 1(3)) is a complete lathe-turned ‘rod’, 118 mm long with an oval terminal at one end, the shaft slowly expanding towards the other where it terminates in a point. Closer examination of the pointed end shows some wear, presumably through use, although the whole is well preserved. The surface has a mottled effect, most prominent at the ‘pointed’ end where it is very abraded, almost certainly the result of root action post burial. Although these forms have sometimes been interpreted as spindles (e.g. Greep 1983) they may be securely identified as bone styli (Schaltenbrand Obrecht 2012, 60–66 with many further references). The form was first introduced around the third century B.C. (Gosten� cnik 2001, 384) and is found widely throughout the Empire. A few examples from throughout the Empire suffice to show the ubiquity http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Taylor & Francis

A Rare Bone Stylus from Jubilee Cave, Settle, Yorkshire

Greep, Stephen J.; Lord, Tom
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal , Volume 96 (1): 5 – Dec 31, 2024
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YORKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL https://doi.org/10.1080/00844276.2024.2360362 SHORT NOTE Stephen J. Greep and Tom Lord Independent Researchers, UK The object under discussion was found during excavations in Jubilee Cave, Settle by local workers from 1935 to 38 (Allen 1994). Jubilee Cave is one of several caves in the Settle area sharing a distinctive Romano-British artefact horizon, the best-known being Victoria Cave (Dearne and Lord 1998). Our piece (Figure 1(3)) is a complete lathe-turned ‘rod’, 118 mm long with an oval terminal at one end, the shaft slowly expanding towards the other where it terminates in a point. Closer examination of the pointed end shows some wear, presumably through use, although the whole is well preserved. The surface has a mottled effect, most prominent at the ‘pointed’ end where it is very abraded, almost certainly the result of root action post burial. Although these forms have sometimes been interpreted as spindles (e.g. Greep 1983) they may be securely identified as bone styli (Schaltenbrand Obrecht 2012, 60–66 with many further references). The form was first introduced around the third century B.C. (Gosten� cnik 2001, 384) and is found widely throughout the Empire. A few examples from throughout the Empire suffice to show the ubiquity

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