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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Hallo Bonetools,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">My osteology student Maja Nilsson works with a grave, dated to younger Iron Age, with cremated bones from
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kiplingeberg i Bälinge parish,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Uppland in Sweden. Maja has identified some tooth fragments in the grave and we wonder if the tooth fragments can be ivory. Maja has photographed the tooth fragments and my colleague
Gustav has photographed some tooth fragments under a microscope. Does anyone have experience of ivory rings from elephant in grave materials or advice on any literature? Have Maja found ivory fragments of elephant in the grave?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Species in the grave: human, dog, sheep/goat, cattle, pig, bear and a hen</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Artefacts: Comb in bone, beads, bronze buckles, needle head in bronze……<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I enclose an old article by Nerman 1955 in Fornvännen. There is a Summary in the end of the article.
</span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Nerman</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">
<span class="hps">have found</span> <span class="hps">an ivory</span> <span class="hps">
ring in</span> <span class="hps">a grave</span> <span class="hps">on the island Gotland in the Baltic Sea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Microscope photos:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Tvärsnitt – cross section<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Böjd sida- curved side<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Plan sida- plan side<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Greatful for help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">//Sabine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><img width="84" height="84" id="Bild_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0720E.5329C7A0" alt="https://mp.uu.se/documents/432512/893786/UU_logo_tranp4f125px.png/bdc5b258-d39a-4389-80da-f88ee8fdd3d5?t=1377780614885"></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sabine Sten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor i osteoarkeologi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Uppsala universitet - Campus Gotland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">621 67 Visby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tel: 0498 – 10 8320<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web: <a href="http://www.arkeologi.uu.se">
http://www.arkeologi.uu.se</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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