PROCEEDINGS • INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE • METHODOLOGY & ARCHAEOMETRY 06 87 The technology of processing hard animal material is an important segment in the study of prehistoric sociees. This paper’s main focus is on the exploitaon of hard animal material, especially antlers from the Vučedol eponymous site (Late Copper Age). It deals with antlers as raw material, as well with the osseous industry of Vučedol culture, more specifically with its manufacturing technology. Findings from both old and recent excavaons show well-known manufacturing techniques of processing osseous material. Interesngly, findings from recent excavaons at Vučedol - Kukuruzište Streim show new elements in the manufacturing process – use of metal tools. Keywords: osseous material, antler, manufacturing technology, Vučedol culture. Introducon Faunal remains had been an important part of prehistor- ic sociees but they have also been severely neglected in archaeological studies. Recently, they have been given more aenon and there is a growing number of pa- pers concerning this parcular subject. A beer-suited term for faunal remains would be “hard animal ssues” (maères dures animales) because it includes bones and teeth, antlers and horns, ivory, molluscs and egg shells (Poplin 2004: 11; Sztancs et al. 2010: 40; Vitezović 2010: 23, 27), but most commonly used terms are “osseous Slavica Bošnjak Poljaci 8 HR – 21210 Solin slavicabosnjak9@gmail.com Dora Šimić Vučedol Culture Museum Vučedol 252 HR – 32000 Vukovar dorasimic989@gmail.com Danijela Roksandić Department of Archaeology Faculty of Humanies and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Ivana Lučića 3 HR – 10000 Zagreb daroksan@ffzg.hr New insights on antler technology from Vučedol – Kukuruzište Streim Slavica Bošnjak Dora Šimić Danijela Roksandić hps://doi.org/10.17234/METARH.2019.6