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<DIV>Hello Selena,</DIV>
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<DIV>I would certainly agree that identifying some elements of fallow deer is
difficult, particularly the burr area. The person to contact about fallow deer
is undoubtedly Naomi Sykes at the University of Nottingham (<A
href="mailto:naomi.sykes@nottingham.ac.uk">naomi.sykes@nottingham.ac.uk</A>) who
is currently running a project on the dissemination of fallow deer across
Europe, cunningly titled Dama International (which will mean nothing to you if
you don’t watch the Eurovision Song Contest !). We are currently collaborating
on a paper dealing with worked fallow deer antler. I have published two texts on
worked fallow deer antler so far, one dealing with a single piece of 8th-century
AD date from Hamwic (text enclosed) and the other concerning a late medieval
assemblage from Oxford (also enclosed: should be in print over the next few
months). There is also a deposit of 12th-century fallow deer antler from recent
work at Northampton, which is mentioned on the MoLA website. But in general
there is little evidence for the working of fallow deer antler in England.</DIV>
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<DIV>There is good evidence for fallow deer in Roman Britain (several papers on
that now) but Naomi is the person to contact for antler morphology etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Riddler</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>