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<div>Alice<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Arjan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahullegie@gmail.com">ahullegie@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:03 AM<br>
Subject: [ZOOARCH] worked sperm whale bone vertebrae<br>To: <a href="mailto:ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk">ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk</a><br><br><br>Hi everyone,<br><br>I'm working on remains from a dwelling mound site for my master thesis. In the remains from the late Middle Ages a caudal vertebrae of a sperm whale was found with at least two holes drilled into it. A function as a fishing net weight has been suggested but i would like to know if anyone else has and idea about the function of this object. Has anyone encountered similar worked whale vertebrae before? I've posted a picture on bonecommons:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1691" target="_blank">http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1691</a><br><br>thank you,<br><br>Arjan Hullegie<br><br>Groningen Institute of Archaeology<br>
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