There are some photographs and brief text on pp 47-51 of O'Connor, T.P.
2000. 'The Archaeology of Animal Bones' (Sutton Publishing). The
photographs some examples of gnawing by canid, cat, rodent (probably
rat), and sheep.
Terry O'Connor
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> Dear All,
> I remember that J.D. Vigne ([log in to unmask]) had made lot of such
>
> observations in Corse. Perhaps it is publish in his thesis. It is same
> as
> Scottish islands , Cows are gnawing bones because of of calcium
> deficience in
> the soil and in the plants. JD Vigne had worked also on bones eaten by
> birds
> of the family of vulture.
> Perhaps, someone as photographies of marks of gnawing of different
> kind
> (sheep, cow, cat ...). It would be of great interest for us to know
> where is
> the ressource. Perhaps in the paper of Haskel J. Greenfield ? on the
> net ?
> I have photo of rodent marks, of rat (rattus rattus) ... , bones with
> a lot
> of marks of all sort, but no idea of aspect of cow gnawed bones !
> amitiés à tous
>
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