<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp4a749d37yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Hi everyone,<br></div><div id="ydp923d369dyahoo_quoted_9744391649" class="ydp923d369dyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydpf44ce560yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">This axe head came up on a burial site of probable medieval date in Ireland. It was found among animal bone and disarticulated human bone, and seems to be made of antler. </div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">I am looking for any parallels that people might know of. And also anyone's thoughts on function, as it would seem to me that it would have little use for woodworking or for butchery - but I am open to correction on this. </div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Thank you all, as always</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Fiona</div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydpf44ce560signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:tahoma, times, serif;"></span><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydp9203542eMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-size:10pt;">Fiona Beglane PhD MIAI</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydp9203542eMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;font-size:10pt;">Animal Bone Specialist<br clear="none"> Licensed Archaeologist<br clear="none"> Donegal, Ireland<br clear="none">087 686 3914 (M)<br clear="none"> Alternate email address: beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie<br clear="none"> Atlantic Technological University, Sligo Campus<div id="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429yqtfd63311" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429yqt7176406167"><br clear="none">http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></span></div></div></div></div><div id="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429yqtfd42365" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429yqt7176406167"><div id="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydp8ae283a6yahoo_quoted_9418590626" class="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydp8ae283a6yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp923d369dyiv5996254429ydp8ae283a6yiv0622882525"><br clear="none">
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