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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Could it have been burned? Any chance you can get a sharp close-up of the cross-section at one of the breaks?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sonia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dr Sonia O'Connor
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of York</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Archaeological Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Division of AGES,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">University of Bradford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">tel 01274 23 6498<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alice Choyke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 February 2015 06:19<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> [Bonetools] Fwd: Medieval bone pin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alice<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b>sian.beecroft e-mail</b> <<a href="mailto:sian.beecroft@virgin.net">sian.beecroft@virgin.net</a>><br>
Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:25 AM<br>
Subject: Medieval bone pin<br>
To: Alice Choyke <<a href="mailto:Choyke@ceu.hu">Choyke@ceu.hu</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Alice,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" 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
greatfully recieved!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<br>
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Sian<br>
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Dr Sian James<o:p></o:p></p>
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