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    Le 18/04/2013 00:35, Sonja Vukovic a écrit :
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      <div>Dear all,
        <div><br>
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        <div>thank you for the responses.. As Selena told you, it was
          found within the secure context and there is no doubt in it.
          As for the identification, I am not versed in it, but I am
          sure that it was identified professionaly. I will ask Sofija
          about the photos, but as it will be published soon, we can
          forward you the paper..</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>But no one answered our original question: <b>Has</b><span><b> anyone
              ever identified a mammoth tusk as raw material in Roman
              period</b>?</span></div>
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    I shall come back to this matter in a couple of days. And I observe
    too that nobody answered my remark/question :<b> there is a mighty,
      excellent way to know. Who can tell?<br>
    </b>
    <br>
    Sincerely.<br>
    <br>
    <br>
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        <div><span>Thank you,</span></div>
        <div><span>greetings from Belgrade,</span></div>
        <div><span><br>
          </span></div>
        <div><span>Sonja</span></div>
      </div>
      <div><br>
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          On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:36 PM, S O'Connor <span><<a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote>
            That is the other Banerjee paper I was asking about.  If
            anyone has got them I would be really grateful for a
            copy............<br>
            <div><br>
              Sonia<br>
              <br>
              Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting
              Fellow, University of York<br>
              Post-doctoral Research Fellow<br>
              Archaeological Sciences<br>
              Division of AGES,<br>
              University of Bradford<br>
              Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<br>
              <br>
              tel <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              fax <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              -----Original Message-----<br>
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              <div>From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>
                [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>]
                On Behalf Of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:trzaska@lineone.net">trzaska@lineone.net</a><br>
                Sent: 17 April 2013 13:15<br>
                To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>
                Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Mammoth tusk as raw material in
                Roman times?<br>
                <br>
                This would need to be checked but I think I am right in
                believing that a merovingian object from Frankfurt Dom
                was also thought to be mammoth ivory:<br>
                <br>
                Hampel, A. and Bannerjee, A., 1995<br>
                Identifizierung und Differenzierung von Elfenbein am
                Bespiel des merowingerzeitlichen Grabfundes aus dem
                Frankfurter Dom, Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 25,
                143-7<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                >From a secure context as well I think, but is it
                mammoth ?<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                Ian Riddler<br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                <br>
                >----Original Message----<br>
                <br>
                >From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:selenavitezovic@gmail.com">selenavitezovic@gmail.com</a><br>
                <br>
                >Date: 17/04/2013 12:42<br>
                <br>
                >To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research
                group for the study of<br>
                <br>
                >       object and waste of bone,<br>
                <br>
                >       antler. ivory and horn."<<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>><br>
                <br>
                >Subj: Re: [Bonetools] Mammoth tusk as raw material
                in Roman times?<br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                >Hello, everyone,<br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                >The item is from the secured context, it was
                discovered during the<br>
                <br>
                >excavations conducted by Sofija Petković herself.<br>
                <br>
                >As to the photos, it must be checked with Sofija
                first.<br>
                <br>
                >L'objet était trouvé pendant les fouilles qui était
                menée par Sofija<br>
                <br>
                >Petković. Il faut verifié avec Sofija pour les
                photos.<br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                >best regards, Selena<br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                >On 17 April 2013 12:31, S O'Connor <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>>
                wrote:<br>
                <br>
                ><br>
                <br>
                >> Dear Sonja,<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> As François says, it would be useful to know
                the context for the object. Is<br>
                <br>
                >> it possible for us to see some photographs of
                the fragment?<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Thanks,<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Sonia<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary
                Visiting Fellow, University of<br>
                <br>
                >> York<br>
                <br>
                >> Post-doctoral Research Fellow<br>
                <br>
                >> Archaeological Sciences<br>
                <br>
                >> Division of AGES,<br>
                <br>
                >> University of Bradford<br>
                <br>
                >> Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> tel <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="tel:01274%2023%206498">01274 23 6498</a>
                (office) 5210 (lab)<br>
                <br>
                >> fax <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="tel:01274%2023%205210">01274 23 5210</a><br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> -----Original Message-----<br>
                <br>
                >> From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>
                <br>
                >> [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>]
                On Behalf Of François Poplin<br>
                <br>
                >> Sent: 17 April 2013 09:11<br>
                <br>
                >> To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br>
                <br>
                >> Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Mammoth tusk as raw
                material in Roman times?<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Dear SA O'Connor<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> 1°) I am affraid, but the fact that has not
                been answered my question "Has<br>
                <br>
                >> it been found in a genuine and secure
                archaelogical excavation ?"<br>
                <br>
                >> sounds bad,<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> 2°) in that very case, there is a mighty,
                excellent way to know. Who can<br>
                <br>
                >> tell ? (Olivier please, keep quite for some
                days).<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Your's.<br>
                <br>
                >><br>
                <br>
                >> Le 16/04/2013 14:32, SA O'Connor a écrit :<br>
                <br>
                >> > Dear Sonja,<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> > I would be really interested in knowing
                the basis of this<br>
                <br>
                >> > identification. If this is based on
                Schreger angle measurements, it<br>
                <br>
                >> > may not be possible to differentiate
                mammoth from extant elephant with<br>
                <br>
                >> > any confidence from a fragment.<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> > Only the outer Schreger angles are
                diagnostic, i.e. those in the<br>
                <br>
                >> > outermost layers of the dentine, close to
                the cementum covering of the<br>
                <br>
                >> > tusk. Towards the centre of a tusk the
                angles become progressively<br>
                <br>
                >> > smaller and similar in character whether
                the tusk is from an extant<br>
                <br>
                >> > and extinct proboscidean species. So, even
                if the Schreger angles<br>
                <br>
                >> > average less than 100 or even 90 degrees,
                unless traces of the<br>
                <br>
                >> > cementum are visible the fragment might
                come from any position in the<br>
                <br>
                >> > tusk and could be elephant or mammoth.<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> > All the best,<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> > Sonia<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> > kQuoting Sonja Vukovic <<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:sonja.vukovic@gmail.com">sonja.vukovic@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> >> Dear colleagues,<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> I am forwarding you a query from our
                colleague, Dr Sofija Petkovic<br>
                <br>
                >> >> from the Institute of Archaeology in
                Belgrade. She is analysing an<br>
                <br>
                >> >> object made of the mammoth tusk, found
                in Romuliana (Serbia), that<br>
                <br>
                >> >> dates back to the Roman period. The
                object is fragmented and it<br>
                <br>
                >> >> represents an elephant's head done in
                a relief. The function of this<br>
                <br>
                >> >> item is unclear, but it was probably
                an application for some kind of<br>
                <br>
                >> >> furniture or sarcophagi, etc..<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> She is wondering weather anyone has
                ever identified a mammoth tusk as<br>
                <br>
                >> >> raw material in Roman period?!<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> Anyway, she is going to publish this
                object soon!<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> Thank you very much,<br>
                <br>
                >> >> best wishes,<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> Sonja<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> >> --<br>
                <br>
                >> >> Sonja Vukovic<br>
                <br>
                >> >> Laboratory for bioarchaeology<br>
                <br>
                >> >> Faculty of Philosophy<br>
                <br>
                >> >> University of Belgrade<br>
                <br>
                >> >> Serbia<br>
                <br>
                >> >><br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> ><br>
                <br>
                >> >
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        -- <br>
        <div>Sonja Vukovic</div>
        <div>Laboratory for bioarchaeology</div>
        <div>Faculty of Philosophy </div>
        <div>University of Belgrade </div>
        <div>Serbia</div>
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