Dear Aharon
This issue is hard to do any quantification on
beforehand. The only way to do it is to look through
each and every bone and bonefragment; and most
new/fresh fragmentation, scars cuts etc. on the bone
surface or deeper in the bone would usually appear
white to yellow coloured. This is most easely seen
when the bone sample come in fresh from the site.
Any prehistoric treatment end fragmentation of the
bone, antler etc. would likely have the same colour as
the bone itself, when found.
Later and if the bonesample had been stored for a
couple of years or maybe longer it is more difficult
to tell the difference due to preservation and
handling the bones in the storage facility. The bones
could easily dry in storage compared to preservation
in the earth, and would look different from freshly
excavated. The bone slowly change colour and surface
appereance including the fragmentation done during the
dig and later archaeological handling.
Regards from Jesper
Jesper S. Østergaard
Hessensgade 22, 2tv.
2300 Copenhagen S.
Denmark.
--- Aharon Sasson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues
> I'm looking for data or references on quantification
> of fresh breaks on
> bones. Fresh break = which is created during the
> archaeological dig,
> transportation of bones, packing and unpacking, etc.
>
> Thank you in advance
> Aharon Sasson
> Department of Archaeology
> Tel-Aviv University
> Israel
>
>
>
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