[Bonetools] identification of raw material

[Margaris, Amy V.]

Dear Marina,

Could your object be made of cetacean bone?

 I can't account for the curious pattern along its cross-section (reminds
me of tooth/ivory?) but the parallel striae on the rounded outer surface
(in your third original attachment) look to me like the relatively porous
regions whale bone.

Amy

and p.s. to Sonia O'Connor: wow, cuttlefish shell is beautiful!




On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Dear Marina,
> As the lines are part of the material this feature confirms that this is
> definitely not antler.
>
> 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
>
> Tel 01274 236498
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of
> marinaevora at sapo.pt <marinaevora at sapo.pt>
> Sent: 08 July 2014 13:07
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> object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] identification of raw material
>
> Hi Sonia,
>
> Those lines are part of the material, and it's because of them that I
> have doubts about the raw material...
>
> Thank you.
>
> best
> Marina
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Sonia O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>:
>
> > Dear Marina,
> >
> > I'm not sure what it is from these images.  I cannot confirm antler.
> > Please can you explain the features indicated in the image I have
> > sent back to you.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of marinaevora at sapo.pt
> > Sent: 04 July 2014 15:12
> > To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the
> > study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.
> > Subject: [Bonetools] identification of raw material
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Marina Évora
> >
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Amy V. Margaris
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