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I tried to check the two distributions (as well as possible with these
images), in the 4 relative positions, and there is no "parallelism" (if
it were notes on a musical score, it would give "something between
Clementine and the Cuccaracha", as writes G. Orwell). The fact is that
it's very similar to distribution of holes on a worm-eaten wood. This
washes out the hypothesis of piercing through the whole bone (as it can
be observed on strainers, for instance bone strainers to drink (not
cleared) beer). And this leads to the idea that the so-called drilled
are not drilled at all, what I would have seen at first glimpse on the
piece itself.<br>
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The chorological aspect of such holes is very interesting in itself in
terms of validation of sense ; I am thinking here from borings on antic
buildings tor fixing bronze letters (which may allow to reconstruct the
text) - I was yesterday at Soissons, deeply wounded during World War 1,
looking at squall impact.on the church - to the distribution of
dots/eyes on dice, for instance (maybe I come to that some day).<br>
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Haskel Greenfield a écrit :
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi. Colleagues have found a human bone from Tel
es-Safi,
area F, in Israel, dated to the Ottoman period (most probably). It
has some holes that look as if they were drilled from the inside of the
bone's
cortex. They were not drilled from the outer face since complete
diameters are
visible only from inside. Therefore, it seems they were probably made
by
some sort of insect. they are not from roots or human drilling. Has
anyone ever
see such holes or know what made them?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
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