[Bonetools] Mystery bone object

[Alice Choyke]

The phot was in a WORD file. I decocted a photo for Francois who had trouble
opening it - you should see this interesting object so I am sending you a
reduced size version.

Alice

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Marloes Rijkelijkhuizen <
marloesrijkelijkhuizen at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  I didn't receive any photos..
>
> Marloes
>
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> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:32:02 +0100
> From: poplin at mnhn.fr
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> To: bonetools at listserv.niif.hu
> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Mystery bone object
>
> Dear Alice,
>
> I/we cannot open here...
>
> 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
> > 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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