The animal palaeopathology working group of the AEA have discussed this,
with no very definite result - there is a set of "Standards for data
collection from human skeletal remains", eds JE Buikstra & DH Ubelaker,
arkansas archeological survey research series 44, 1994 (obtainable from
Amazon) which includes pathology & addresses just this question, but for
humans, obviously. It does help though! There is also a French book I came
across with lots of photos & X-rays which attempts to develop a standard
recording format - Lesions osteo-archeologiques, PL Thillaud & P Charon,
Kronos, 1994 - human again. Perhaps something like this could be adapted for
use with non-human animal bone?
Julie Hamilton
Institute of Archaeology
Oxford
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