<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hello, everyone, <br><br>this looks to me - from the photo, at least - first, as something made from antler (it is highly unlikely that the bone may have such a curved shape, even when exposed to fire; the problem is that sometimes people who do not have enough experience with worked antler have troubles identifying it, especially when the outer surface is burnished or completely removed), second, it is heavily burned - usually temperature over 800 C creates such transversal cracks (same type of cracks also occur on human bones during incineration). I had recently some heavily burnt antlers from burnt Neolithic houses, that look pretty much the same in colour and surface (again, judging from the photo), although I can not find any photos at the moment, I will send them as soon as I discover where are they in the jungle on my computer.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">However, somewhat sharper photos would be great. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">best regards, Selena<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 February 2015 at 17:30, Christian Gates St-Pierre <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cgates70@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">cgates70@yahoo.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>It definitely looks like it has been either burned by fire (but not calcinated) or sun burned. Even the curvature could have been partly induced or increased by heat.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Christian<br></div><div><span></span></div><br> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,linéale;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">De :</span></b> Sonia O'Connor <<a href="mailto:S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk" target="_blank">S.Oconnor@bradford.ac.uk</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">À :</span></b> "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <<a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Envoyé le :</span></b> vendredi 6 février 2015 5h40<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Objet :</span></b> Re: [Bonetools] Fwd: Medieval bone pin<br> </font> </div> <div><div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>
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<div><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Could it have been burned? Any chance you can get a sharp close-up of the cross-section at one of the breaks?</span></div>
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<div> I am forwarding this letter to the WBRG mailing list because Sian seems to have had trouble uploading the image - she welcomes any thoughts on this object.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Can you upload this photo of a Medieval bone pin found in a cairn in North Wales, UK to the WBRG bone tools group please? I can't seem to do it myself.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I haven't seen the bone myself but the finder thought it was a pig fibular (which is common for everyday pins for this area in Medieval times) although it looks far to curved to be that to me. Any thoughts
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