[Bonetools] article for red deer age

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Hello Chris,

I am not aware of the size of the burr being used to measure red deer age, but there is a long 
north european tradition of measuring the burr to determine the size of deer for a particular 
region, on the basis that the smallest deer come from Ireland and the largest from eastern Europe. 
This does seem to work quite well. It was originally published in relation to antler from Wolin in 
Poland, and was taken up by Reichstein for Haithabu; and I have used it for Irish and English early 
medieval sites. I can happily send those details along,

Ian Riddler

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From: christ.arabatzis at gmail.com
Date: 02/08/2018 12:55
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Dear all,

A long time ago someone mentioned an article related to the calculation of
the red deer age through the measurement of the burr.

I can't recall the name of the author or the title of the article.

Does someone of you remember anything about that ?

Best Regards
Chris