[Bonetools] small caprine metapodial with weird marks

[Marta Moreno García]

Dear all,

I am writing on behalf of a student of mine (Aitor Brito) from the 
Canary Islands who hopefully will be joining the bone list in brief. He 
is presently working on a faunal assemblage recovered from the Hospital 
de San Martín, an historic hospital located in the foundation levels of 
El Real de Las Palmas (Gran Canaria, Spain), the first village founded 
by the Spanish in the late 15^th century.  Chop and cut marks on most of 
the faunal remains indicate they are food debris, but there is a very 
young caprine metapodial that presents some weird marks on the lateral 
side of the diaphysis. I am sorry the pictures attached are not very 
good but I hope you would be able to see what I mean. We are not sure 
about their origin. Are they anthropogenic? They do not look like 
gnawing marks to me. The spacing between them and their morphology 
arequite regular as if they could have been caused by a tool. We would 
be very grateful for any comments or ideas.

Best regards,

Marta



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