[Bonetools] identification of raw material

[Paul Stokes]

To All,

I've just spent 15mins to trim, soak in boiling water 5mins to soften and cut a slice of antler found laying about the house 
 

These are the views of slice of antler cut with
a saw with 7 teeth per cm. x200 digital microscope 
   
 The attached is photograph of the slice and the piece of antler it was cut from
Regards

Paul Stokes 
On Monday, 7 July 2014, 14:03, Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk> wrote:
  


Definitely not cuttlefish bone/shell. I attach a photomicrograph of cuttlefish shell. 
  
All the best, 
  
Sonia 
  
Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York 
Post-doctoral Researcher 
Archaeological Sciences 
Division of AGES,   
University of Bradford 
Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK 
  
tel 01274 23 6498  
  
From:Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu] On Behalf Of François Poplin
Sent: 07 July 2014 12:53
To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
Subject: Re: [Bonetools] identification of raw material 
  
Is it far away from the ocean ? can you tell wheher it's rather calcium carbonate than phosphate ? The second picture here lets me remember of some invertebrate constructions. Unfortunatley, I have even not a simple broken cuttle-fish "bone"/shell to go on that way of investigation.

Le 04/07/2014 16:12, marinaevora at sapo.pt a écrit :  

>Dear all, 
>
>We found this round artifact in an upper paleolithic site. I would like to hear your opinions about the identification of the raw material. The images were taken with a binocular microscope. 
>Thank you. 
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>Marina Évora 
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