[Bonetools] bone pavement

[Serjeantson D.]

Here is one photo of part of the floor. I will send another separately. I was only able to take photos of parts of the floor as I did not have a proper camera with me.

All floors of this type are usually called 'knucklebone floors' in English, even if they are made with (or decorated with) other elements such as teeth and metapodials, such as here - see the article and gazetteer by Philip Armitage - ARMITAGE, P. 1989. Gazetteer of sites with animal bones used as building material and

ARMITAGE, P. L. 1989. The use of animal bones as building material in Post Medieval Britain. In: SERJEANTSON, D. & WALDRON, T. (eds.) Diet and Crafts in Towns.



'Knuckle' bones does usually refer to the astragalus, though I suppose that an ape (or a person) which walks on its knuckles will be walking on the distal metacarpals. Are bikkelbeen the same??

Dale


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Dear all,

They appear to me as metapodia and not knucklebones (astragalus). Do you agree?

greetings Monica Tielens
Bikkel (knucklebone) and Been (bone)
2012/7/10 François Poplin <poplin at mnhn.fr<mailto:poplin at mnhn.fr>>
Dear Dale Serjantson,

may I have more detail about your find, even a picture ? (is it published yet ?)

What do you mean with/by "knucklebones" ? talus/astragalus as usual ?

Your's faithfully.


Le 10/07/2012 11:41, Serjeantson D. a écrit :

Hello Colleagues
This example of a 'knucklebone floor' in the Jura is very interesting.

I have just discovered another one in England, at Uppark, a National Trust house in Sussex. It is part of a outdoor game larder designed by the architect Humphry Repton.

I would be very interested to hear about other examples. Also, does anyone have recommendations about the best way to conserve such floors? This one is outdoors, and probably needs some conservation.

Dale

Dale Serjeantson
Archaeology
School of Humanities
University of Southampton

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/profiles/serjeantson.html
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Dear Alice, dear all,

Please, have a look, I'll come back afterwards.

http://www.aricia.fr/jura-patrimoine/Os.htm

Maybe would it be good to present that of the archezoo mailing list too ?

Alice, I remember Sandor Bökönyi telling of such thing(s) in Prague. Can
you précise with Laslo Bart. ?

I have seen a case in Spain recently (the picture is still in the camera).

Your's.

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