<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpfa163a83yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks Jean-Marc</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Fiona</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpfa163a83signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:tahoma, times, serif;"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" class="ydp9203542eMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-US">Fiona Beglane PhD MIAI</span><span style="font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;line-height:normal;" dir="ltr" class="ydp9203542eMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-US">Animal Bone Specialist<br> Licensed Archaeologist<br> Donegal, Ireland<br>087 686 3914 (M)<br> Alternate email address: beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie<br> Atlantic Technological University, Sligo Campus<br>http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane<br><br><br><br><var id="ydp9203542eyui-ie-cursor"></var><br></span></div></span></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 12:06:32 PM GMT+1, Jean-Marc Petillon <petillon@univ-tlse2.fr> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Fiona,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Raw material: clearly not antler or ivory. May I suggest whale bone?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jean-Marc<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="ydpd032d0afyqt9130306293" id="ydpd032d0afyqtfd50587"><br clear="none">Le 06/04/2022 à 12:37, fiona beglane a écrit :<br clear="none">> Hi everyone,<br clear="none">> This axe head came up on a burial site of probable medieval date in <br clear="none">> Ireland. It was found among animal bone and disarticulated human bone, <br clear="none">> and seems to be made of antler.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I am looking for any parallels that people might know of. And also <br clear="none">> anyone's thoughts on function, as it would seem to me that it would have <br clear="none">> little use for woodworking or for butchery - but I am open to correction <br clear="none">> on this.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thank you all, as always<br clear="none">> Fiona<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Fiona Beglane PhD MIAI<br clear="none">> 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: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie</a><br clear="none">> Atlantic Technological University, Sligo Campus<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane</a></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Jean-Marc Petillon<br clear="none">CNRS, Laboratoire TRACES<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-2361" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-2361</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Universite Toulouse Jean Jaures, Maison de la recherche<br clear="none">5 allees A. Machado, F-31058 Toulouse<br clear="none"><br clear="none">+ 33 (0) 5 61 50 23 63 / + 33 (0) 6 31 07 47 62<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bonetools mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bonetools@listserv.niif.hu</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://listserv.niif.hu/mailman/listinfo/bonetools</a><div class="ydpd032d0afyqt9130306293" id="ydpd032d0afyqtfd96212"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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