Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 5 Feb 2003 09:53:21 +0000551_US-ASCII On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Prof TP O'Connor wrote:
> On the same topic, does anyone know of a museum collection in which > 'sample' boxes of bones are re-recorded at regular intervals to monitor > increased fragmentation?
There has been one study of this for human bones. The teaching collection at Bradford University was examined and the extent of post-excavation breaks and missing bones was recorded and compared to the original osteological reports. The study is by Anwen Caffell and is published in: [...]45_5Feb200309:53:[log in to unmask] |