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a point addressed by Schuhmacher in his concluding discussion. The finds are presented by object type and typologised by formal characteristics. The differentiation of categories, such as spatulas (‘Spatel’ ) and small knives (‘Messerchen’/‘couteaux’ ), or simple discs (‘Plättchen’) and pieces of raw or unworked material (‘Teilweise bearbeitete Stücke’), is notoriously difficult. Here it is unfortunate that the project did not encompass bone-working, as well as ivory-carving, as the specific material of many objects could not be precisely determined. Spatulas, for example, are almost exclusively made of bone (ribs). Pins and needles, however, can be made of either material—ivory or bone—but due to their small size, they can rarely be distinguished by macroscopic analyses. The presentation of the finds is hampered to some extent by the limited number of illustrations. Although, as stated in the foreword, all the objects retrieved from museums and storerooms were drawn and photographed, not all are illustrated here. In particular, section drawings of the more complex pieces such as the pyxides (cylindrical boxes) would have been useful.