[Bonetools] (Fwd) [ZOOARCH] Cortical bone thickness & species ID

[Eva David]

Dear Adrienne,
I do absolutely agree with Marloes.
Definitively, on cross sections of the debris you show here, you can  
see very well the anatomical structure in "coeur de marguerite" , as  
originally depicted by François Poplin.

See
POPLIN F. (1977) Analyse de matière de quelques ivoires d’art.
In Colloques internationaux du C.N.R.S.
N° 568 Méthodologie appliquée à l’industrie de l’os préhistorique,
Abbaye de Sénanque (Vaucluse), 9-12 Juin 1976.
éditions du C.N.R.S. : 77-94.

Best Regards,
Eva


Le 15 juil. 06 à 10:51, h13017cho at helka.iif.hu a écrit :

> Does anyone have ideas about this piece of workshop debris?
>
> Alice
>
> PS You should write directly to Adirenne as well as to the list  
> because she
> is not on the WBRG list.
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> Dear all,
>
> I am currently at Butrint in Albania and have come
> across a piece of worked bone from late Hellenistic
> (probably) deposits, it is wedge-shaped, and appears
> to be a blank worked on a long bone shaft near one of
> the ends as there are remnants of the cancellous bone.
>  The cortical bone thickness at this point is 14.5mm
> and the external surface of the bone shaft has a
> slightly concave profile so I suppose the piece is
> from a tibia or radius or metapodial rather than a
> femur or tibia.  The cortical thickness is too great
> for any of the domestic mammals and I'm strongly
> tempted to suggest elephant.  I'm told Pyrrhus of
> Epirus was famous for keeping Indian elephants but
> this would be the first specimen from Butrint except
> some finished ivories.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions of what else it might plausibly be?  Is it
> too great for aurochs?  Would it be possible to
> speciate by looking at a thin section?  Does anyone
> know of any other specimens around this period from
> the Mediterranean?  I can send pictures to anzone who
> is interested
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrienne
>
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Eva David
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