[Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment

[Griffitts, Janet L - (griffitt)]

Hi Clare!


What does the cross section look like?  Do the grooves at the bottom look like they were threads to screw another part on?


J


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Jan Griffitts
Visiting Scholar
Dept. of Anthropology,
Tucson,Arizona

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Subject: [Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment

Dear all
Attached are two images of a fragment of a bone item recovered from a historic site in northeastern Illinois. For context, the site dates between 1830 and 1860 and the feature containing the item also contains a wide array of household and personal items.

Best
Clare
Clare Tolmie
Senior Research Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey.
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