Firstly happy new year to you all.
Secondly - I am putting together a grant proposal on cetacean metrics and have
been sorting out how to measure much larger bones.
My trusty measuring box and digital calipers are only of use up to a certain
size (calipers only about 15cm and measuring box about 50cm). I know you can get
larger calipers but how large? Any good web sites?
Does anyone have experience of measuring whales/elelphant/dinosaur bones and any
good suggestions particuarly with regard to measuring very large bones would be
gratefully recieved - a blue whale mandible or scapula can be pretty huge.
Anyone know of a published cetacean measurement guide? I was going to adapt von
den dreisch but any other suggestions welcome.
All the best for 2003 -
jacqui
Jacqui Mulville
Lecturer in Bioarchaeology
School of History and Archaeology
Cardiff University
Cardiff
CF10 3XU
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