<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481027101274_7096">Dear Clare,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481027101274_7095"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481027101274_7071">There are a number of things this could be part of the two that come to mind are part of a turned needle box or apple corer. I attach 3 photos of some of my commercially turned apple corers this would fit your date and because you only have a fragment the treads would look horizontal, hope this can be of help.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1481027101274_11176"><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Paul Stokes</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 1:44, Clare Tolmie <oldfirm@ntsource.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6897185761"><style>#yiv6897185761 #yiv6897185761 --
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#yiv6897185761 </style><div><div class="yiv6897185761WordSection1"><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><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. </span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">C</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6897185761yqt6291223324" id="yiv6897185761yqt65842"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Bonetools [mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Griffitts, Janet L - (griffitt)<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 05, 2016 7:12 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> bonetools@listserv.niif.hu<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"> </div><div><span>Hi Clare!</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span>What does the cross section look like? Do the grooves at the bottom look like they were threads to screw another part on?</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span>J</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div id="yiv6897185761Signature"><div><div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br clear="none">Jan Griffitts<br clear="none">Visiting Scholar<br clear="none">Dept. of Anthropology,<br clear="none">Tucson,Arizona<br clear="none"><br clear="none">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></div></div></div></div><div><div align="center" class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;"></span><hr width="98%" size="2" align="center"></div><div id="yiv6897185761divRplyFwdMsg"><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="color:black;"> Bonetools <<a href="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools-bounces@listserv.niif.hu</a>> on behalf of Clare Tolmie <<a href="mailto:oldfirm@ntsource.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oldfirm@ntsource.com">oldfirm@ntsource.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 5, 2016 5:50 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [Bonetools] Turned bone tool fragment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;"> </span></div><div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121;"> </span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Dear all</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><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.</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;"> </span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Best</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Clare</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Clare Tolmie</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Senior Research Archaeologist</span></div><div class="yiv6897185761MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121;">Illinois State Archaeological Survey.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt6291223324" id="yqt78740">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bonetools mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br clear="none"><a href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" target="_blank" shape="rect">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>