[Bonetools] Mystery bone object

[François Poplin]

Dear Alice,

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Alice Choyke a écrit :
> 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 <mailto: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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