This website was set up resulting out of the initiative of Jörg Schibler (IPNA – Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie Universität Basel, Switzerland) at the 3rd meeting of the WBRG in Basel 2001. It was developed from 2007-2009 by

• Jörg Schibler (Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Universität Basel, Switzerland) and
• Hans Christian Küchelmann (Knochenarbeit Bremen, Germany)

with advisory support from

• Alice Choyke (Central European University Budapest, Hungary)
• Heidi Luik (Institute of History Tallinn, Estonia)
• Isabelle Sidera (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Mondes Paris, France)
• Petar Zidarov (New Bulgarian University Sofia, Bulgaria).

 

The website is currently maintained by Hans Christian Küchelmann, who is supported by a a team consisting of the following persons:

• Justin Bradfield (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Alice Choyke (Central European University Budapest, Hungary)
• Éva David (CNRS, MNHN-Musée de l’Homme Paris, France)
• Cynthia Kromotaroeno (Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands)
• Sarah MacIntosh (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA)
• Marloes Rijkelijkehuizen (Elpenbeen, Netherlands)
• Claudia Sabbini (Università degli studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy)
• Jörg Schibler (Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Universität Basel, Switzerland)
• Ariel Shatil (Israel Antiquities Authority)
• Elisabeth Ann Stone (University of New Mexico, USA)
• Vinayak (School of Art and Science, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India)
• Selena Vitezović (Archaeological Institute Belgrade, Serbia)

Technical work is conducted by Andi Jacomet (ah,ja! Websites & Hosting, Bern, Switzerland) and Andreas Walter (Vorneweg.de Bremen, Germany).

 

The website is financially supported by the following institutions and individual colleagues:

• Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Universität Basel, Switzerland
• Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Poland
• Research Group AS2 (ArchéoScience / ArchéoSociale), Département d’anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Canada
• Technologie et Ethnologie des Mondes Préhistoriques, Université de Paris 1, France
• Laboratoire TRACES, Toulouse, France
• School of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
• The Finds Research Group, UK
• International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ)
• Douglas Campana  (New York University, USA)
• Pam Crabtree  (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, USA)

 

 

To maintain the Worked Bone Research Group Website we need some financial support and it would be desirable to distribute the costs on as many institutions involved in bone artefact research as possible. Anybody interested in supporting the WBRG website, please get in touch with Justyna Baron at the Uniwersytet Wrocławski for formal details about invoices, payment confirmation, etc.