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<DIV>Hi Haskel</DIV>
<DIV>Given I'm Human osteo/path, I opened these with hopes of pathology, but to
no avail. I'd agree with you, that these are insect produced. I would guess some
type of boring beetle. The photos aren't high enough resolution for close
examination, but the lesions appear well post-mortem, made into dry bone. I've
seen some similar type taphonomy in the forensics literature. Lyman's book may
have something on it (Lyman, R. L. 1994. Vertebrate Taphonomy. Cambridge Manuals
in Archaeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University.). Hopefully a bug-person can
help with specifics...</DIV>
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<DIV>Pam</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Pamela J
Cross<BR>PhD researcher, Bioarchaeology<BR>AGES, University of Bradford<BR>BD7
1DP UK<BR>p.j.cross@bradford.ac.uk<BR>or pajx@aol.com<BR><A href="http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php">http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>