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<p>Thank you for your advice Sonia!<br>

Marina<br>

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<p>Quoting S O'Connor <<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>>:</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This picture of modern Russian sturgeon skins shows exactly how the dorsal fin has been trimmed from the skin as I described.</span></p>

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<b>Sent:</b> 15 April 2014 14:11<br>

<b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>

<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] mesolithic artefact</span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you David and Sonia for your comments, no wonder I couldn't find parallels, I was not looking in the right place.<br>

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David, could you point me to the complete reference of the page and images you provided?<br>

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Best,<br>

Marina</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Quoting S O'Connor <<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>>:</span></p>

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<b>Sent:</b> 15 April 2014 11:28<br>

<b>To:</b> Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.<br>

<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] mesolithic artefact</span></p>

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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear all,<br>

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I'm sending you two pictures of an artefact recovered from a mesolithic shellmidden site in Portugal. I believe it is made from mammal bone. Do you have/ know of similar objects? I have been searching for parallels and I didn't find it.<br>

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