[Bonetools] whale bone waste on Romano-British sites

[Dr C.M. Hills]

Dear  Alice et al, I dont know of Roman period examples but there is 
whale bone from Anglo-Saxon period settlement sites, e.g. Carlton 
Colville, Lucy et al 2009. Also ivory rings from Anglo-Saxon graves, I 
wrote a paper some years ago on this - Hills 2001.  I will send  message 
(separately)  to Louisa and  Steven Greep, plus more detail than this.
Catherine Hills

On 03/04/2015 00:21, Alice Choyke wrote:
> Dear all,
>       I received the following letter from Louisa Gidney concerning
> worked or refuse whale bone from Romano-British sites. Please respond
> both to the list and to l.j.gidney at durham.ac.uk.
> Can anyone point me in the direction of references for either whale
> bone artefacts or sawn waste whale bone fragments from Romano-British
> sites? I've previously seen one piece of sawn waste from Leicester and
> now have one from South Shields. I'm wondering how widespread such
> finds are and what was being made of the whale bone. These are not
> vertebra fragments, so not bowl type functions. The current bit looks
> like an element from the flipper, has a dense, hard cortex, perhaps
> useful for pins or handles?
> 
> Alice
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