[Bonetools] bone with holes

[PajX at aol.com]

Hi Haskel
Given I'm Human osteo/path, I opened these with hopes of pathology, but to  
no avail. I'd agree with you, that these are insect produced. I would guess 
some  type of boring beetle. The photos aren't high enough resolution for 
close  examination, but the lesions appear well post-mortem, made into dry 
bone. I've  seen some similar type taphonomy in the forensics literature. 
Lyman's book may  have something on it (Lyman, R. L. 1994. Vertebrate Taphonomy. 
Cambridge Manuals  in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University.). 
Hopefully a bug-person can  help with specifics...
 
Pam
 
 
Pamela J  Cross
PhD researcher, Bioarchaeology
AGES, University of Bradford
BD7  1DP UK
p.j.cross at bradford.ac.uk
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