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[Katherine M. Moore]

Well, yes, it could be a metapodium, particularly if it were camel.

best,
Kate Moore


Quoting Günther Karl Kunst <guenther.karl.kunst at univie.ac.at>:

> Dear all!
>
> A colleague from the Natural History Museum Vienna sent me pictures  
> from an object he received from a, archaeologist who asked him for  
> determination. I only know the pictures, not the object itself. It  
> is from a copper-age hilltop settlement in Styria, near Graz.
> there is a website about the excavation, unfortunately in German only
> http://www.bda.at/text/136/908/16116/Archaeologie-im-Steinbruch_Der-Kanzelkogel-bei-Graz-vor-6000-Jahren-und-heute
> Could it be manufactured from a ruminant metapodium, and some of us  
> had deja-vu experiences about the artefact type.
> any suggestions welcome!
>
> all the best
> Karl
>
>
>



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