<div dir="auto">Any ideas?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Alice  </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Julia Cussans <<a href="mailto:julia.cussans@ascontracts.co.uk">julia.cussans@ascontracts.co.uk</a>><br>Date: Fri, Mar 16, 2018, 16:09<br>Subject: [ZOOARCH] polished and grooved metapodials<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk">ZOOARCH@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br><br>
  

    
  
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    <p>Hello All,</p>
    <p>I wonder if any one can point me in the direction of any
      references to sheep/goat metapodials with markings like those seen
      in the link here:</p>
    <p><a class="m_-5993666341171609353moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://trendlesproject.com/2013/03/23/while-sorting-through-the-animal-bones/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://trendlesproject.com/2013/03/23/while-sorting-through-the-animal-bones/</a></p>
    <p>I have a small collection of these from a Roman site in England
      and am intrigued to know what they may have been used for. Mine
      are slightly polished on the lateral and medial surfaces and have
      little groups of parallel grooves also on the lateral and medial
      and usually near to the proximal end. <br>
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    <p>Many thanks in advance.</p>
    <p>Best wishes,</p>
    <p>Julia<br>
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