[Bonetools] Mystery bone object

[Alice Choyke]

Since Leigh is not on the list you should reply both to her directly and to
the list so we can all see what you have to say about Leigh's mystery tools.

Alice

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Leigh Allen
<leigh.allen at oxfordarch.co.uk>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am new to this site, so let me briefly introduce myself. I am the Finds
> manager at Oxford Archaeology and have been for the last 20 years !! I also
> write reports on Medieval/Post Medieval metalwork and worked bone objects. I
> have an object from a site that we excavated in Winchester that I would like
> to ask you about (see attached photos). It is from a rubble later dated
> anywhare from 5th-13th century !
>
> The cattle metacarpal has a large scoop taken out of the proximal end, the
> surface is perfectly smooth and very heavily polished but the rest of the
> bone is not. At the distal end, which is damaged, another scoop has been
> removed but it is not smoothed or polished to the same degree. Striations in
> the polished surfaces indicate a longitudinal direction of wear. The wear is
> so great and so regular it would almost imply that it was machine made.
>
> Any help would be most gratefully received
>
> Kind regards
>
> Leigh Allen
>
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