[Bonetools] Early medieval worked 'split' longbones

[spa105 at york.ac.uk]

Dear all,

I'm looking at a worked bone assemblage from an early medieval monastic site
in Scotland.  I have some pieces of miscellanea that are baffling me a
little; they appear to be long bones (B tibia and equis mp) that have been
split longitudinally, but not in the rudimentary way we see for the
extraction of marrow - they are very straight-sided, producing low 'tray'
like objects, that if I stretch my imagination remind me a little of
crucibles.  If anyone  has seen anything like this before, think that I am
missing something obvious or can provide any insight whatsoever, I'd be very
pleased to hear from you.

I attach photographs of the better examples.

Many thanks

Steve Ashby
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