[Bonetools] Ivory teeth in iron Age grav Sweden?

[Dr C.M. Hills]

Dear Sabine/bonetools I follow up message I just sent Sabine with some 
images of ivory from 5th century cremations at Spong hill Norfolk- one 
is the contents of one grave,including ivory pieces like those Sabine  
has, the other shows a piece which had bene fastened to copper alloy 
band, it shows layered structure of ivory.Catherine Hills
   On 08/04/2015 14:25, Sabine Sten wrote:
> 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
> 
> 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 [1]
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
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