Hurling spear-thrower projectiles at pig and deer carcasses revealed that these loops may have been finger grips.
Enigmatic, C-shaped antler carvings from France's Stone Age have puzzled scientists for over 150 years, but now a modern experiment investigating these artifacts may have revealed their purpose: They were likely crafted to be Paleolithic finger grips for spear-throwers, a new study finds.
"The rings come from the kinds of sites where gear maintenance would have been performed, and they look like finger loops and work well as finger loops," Garnett told Live Science in an email."That said, we should always be cautious when assigning functions to prehistoric artifacts — there's always the chance that we may be mistaken." Finger loopsThe first open ring was discovered among Upper Paleolithic artifacts at Le Placard Cave in southwestern France in the 1870s.
But the shape seemed distinctive to Garnett, who has made spear-throwers for more than 20 years."I've always enjoyed making things with my hands, and target sports like archery," he said."When I saw a picture of an open ring, I immediately thought it looked like a finger loop, just based on my experience replicating and using spear-throwers."
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