<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp444f9d23yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes - thanks to everyone who commented, I was not aware that Ian had already worked on this axe head. I'm happy that it is whale, as he suggested, as did several others. For those who commented that it was likely to be a whale vertebral process - that had been my first thought as well when I saw it, but comparing it to a reference sample it doesn't match, so it is some other whale part. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">All the best</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Fiona</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp444f9d23signature"><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, 05:09:10 PM GMT+1, Ian Riddler <trzaska2@outlook.com> wrote:
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal">Just to confirm that this axe head is whale bone. It has not yet been identified to species, although this is now becoming possible. We have an article about to go into Antiquity about species identification of whale bone at Hamwic (Southampton,
England, 7th to 9th century AD) and I enclose a draft of that here.</p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal">Ian Riddler</p>
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<b>Sent: </b>06 April 2022 11:29<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject: </b>[Bonetools] Antler Axe head</p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Hi everyone,</span></p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">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. </span></p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">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. </span></p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Thank you all, as always</span></p>
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<p class="ydpbbb6f23eyiv4075065359MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Fiona Beglane PhD MIAI</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"></span></p>
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Licensed Archaeologist<br clear="none">
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087 686 3914 (M)<br clear="none">
Alternate email address: beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie<br clear="none">
Atlantic Technological University, Sligo Campus<br clear="none">
http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane<br clear="none">
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