8.6 Bone with grooves

Fragment of a long animal bone with regularly scratched grooves in several rows, perhaps representing a counting aid to record the haul during a hunt, or a timekeeping record.

 

Material: bone

Dimensions (length): 40 cm

Exhibit type: copy of original (plaster)

Archaeological site: Pavlov I (Pavlov near Dolní Věstonice, Moravia)

Collection: Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Brno v.v.i., Czech Republic