Stone age people made hundreds of these...why?

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Hundreds of perforated batons have been found across western and central Europe. Typically they are made from Antler, but this one from Hohle Fels is made of Mammoth Ivory.
What were they used for? Ritual or something practical? I spoke to Prof. Nicholas Conard of the University of Tubingen to discuss his idea that they were used to produce rope.
Sources:
Nicholas J. Conard, Veerle Rots ,Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago.Sci. Adv.10,eadh5217(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adh5217
Lucas, C., Galway-Witham, J., Stringer, C.B. et al. Investigating the use of Paleolithic perforated batons: new evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK). Archaeol Anthropol Sci 11, 5231-5255 (2019). doi.org/10.100...
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