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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Janet – the cross section is curved outwards (almost like a tulip really) with thin lip at the top. The grooves at the bottom are not a thread as they all seem to be totally horizontal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Griffitts, Janet L - (griffitt)<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 05, 2016 7:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Clare!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>What does the cross section look like? Do the grooves at the bottom look like they were threads to screw another part on?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>J<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>Jan Griffitts<br>Visiting Scholar<br>Dept. of Anthropology,<br>Tucson,Arizona<br><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Bonetools <<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>> on behalf of Clare Tolmie <<a href="mailto:oldfirm@ntsource.com">oldfirm@ntsource.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 5, 2016 5:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Attached are two images of a fragment of a bone item recovered from a historic site in northeastern Illinois. For context, the site dates between 1830 and 1860 and the feature containing the item also contains a wide array of household and personal items.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Clare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Clare Tolmie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Senior Research Archaeologist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#212121'>Illinois State Archaeological Survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>