[Bonetools] Ivory teeth in iron Age grav Sweden?

[Sabine Sten]

Hallo Bonetools,
My osteology student Maja Nilsson works with a grave, dated to younger Iron Age, with cremated bones from Kiplingeberg i Bälinge parish, Uppland in Sweden. Maja has identified some tooth fragments in the grave and we wonder if the tooth fragments can be ivory. Maja has photographed the tooth fragments and my colleague Gustav has photographed some tooth fragments under a microscope. Does anyone have experience of ivory rings from elephant in grave materials or advice on any literature? Have Maja found ivory fragments of elephant in the grave?
Species in the grave: human, dog, sheep/goat, cattle, pig, bear and a hen.
Artefacts: Comb in bone, beads, bronze buckles, needle head in bronze……

I enclose an old article by Nerman 1955 in Fornvännen. There is a Summary in the end of the article. Nerman have found an ivory ring in a grave on the island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

Microscope photos:
Tvärsnitt – cross section
Böjd sida- curved side
Plan sida- plan side

Greatful for help.
//Sabine

[https://mp.uu.se/documents/432512/893786/UU_logo_tranp4f125px.png/bdc5b258-d39a-4389-80da-f88ee8fdd3d5?t=1377780614885]
Sabine Sten
Professor i osteoarkeologi
Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia
Uppsala universitet - Campus Gotland
621 67 Visby
Tel: 0498 – 10 8320
Web: http://www.arkeologi.uu.se



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