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<div>Hi Fiona, <br></div><div><br></div><div>I concur with Jean-Marc, the material is whale bone and appears to be a vertebra with partial centrum. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The chopping marks on the vertebra appear to follow and leave some of the natural morphology of this skeletal element - thoracic or lumbar vertebra. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Ruth</div><div><br></div>
<div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left">----<br></div><div style="text-align:left">Dr Ruth Carden BSc (Hons. Zoology), PhD (Zoology), AdvDip (CSI & Forensic Sci.), AIAI</div><div style="text-align:left">Zoologist | Deer Ecologist/Management | Archaeozoologist | Quaternary faunal specialist</div><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)">Wildlife Ecological & Osteological Consultancy</span><br>(+)353 (0)87 942 6561 <a href="mailto:ruthfcarden@gmail.com" target="_blank">ruthfcarden@gmail.com</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/</a></span><span>ruthfcarden <br></span></div><div>Twitter: @RuthFCarden<br></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br>IUCN Species Survival Commission Deer Specialist Group member<br><br>Adjunct Research Fellow, Sch. of Archaeology, UCD<br>Email: <a href="mailto:ruth.carden@ucd.ie" target="_blank">ruth.carden@ucd.ie</a><br><div><a href="https://people.ucd.ie/ruth.carden" target="_blank">https://people.ucd.ie/ruth.carden</a></div><div>ORCiD <span>0000-0002-2829-4667</span></div><div style="text-align:left"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=17eayQU06Bo79-f-KgAm_w4kpd1PtEo8v&export=download" width="110" height="200"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 at 12:06, Jean-Marc Petillon <<a href="mailto:petillon@univ-tlse2.fr">petillon@univ-tlse2.fr</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Fiona,<br>
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Raw material: clearly not antler or ivory. May I suggest whale bone?<br>
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Best,<br>
<br>
Jean-Marc<br>
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Le 06/04/2022 à 12:37, fiona beglane a écrit :<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
> This axe head came up on a burial site of probable medieval date in <br>
> Ireland. It was found among animal bone and disarticulated human bone, <br>
> and seems to be made of antler.<br>
> <br>
> I am looking for any parallels that people might know of. And also <br>
> anyone's thoughts on function, as it would seem to me that it would have <br>
> little use for woodworking or for butchery - but I am open to correction <br>
> on this.<br>
> <br>
> Thank you all, as always<br>
> Fiona<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Fiona Beglane PhD MIAI<br>
> Animal Bone Specialist<br>
> Licensed Archaeologist<br>
> Donegal, Ireland<br>
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