Dear Carina,
I'd consider the possibility (if you haven't already) that there was a
deliberate attempt to disguise the age of your horse by filing (sometimes
apparently known as bishopping) the incisors. In cribbing the maxilllary
incisors should be most worn.
Ian
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> From: Carina Phillips [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:30 AM
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Horse skulls
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>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a Roman horse skull and mandible with very strange tooth wear. The
> maxillary incisors are much less worn than the mandibular incisors, the
> maxillary incisors aging at 7 years and the mandibular ones at approx 15
> years. The associated molars appear to exhibit the same degree of wear on
> both the mandibular and maxillary teeth. It is clear that the incisors
> are from the same animal as the maxillary incisors lip slightly to account
> for the smaller mandibular incisors. Does anyone know of any causes
> and/or similar occurrences?
>
> Another horse skull from the same site, this time dating to the Late Iron
> Age-1st Century, had no teeth intact. The skull was from an adult animal
> and complete, except for the teeth. Would the skull have been left to
> decompose somewhere else, losing its teeth before being buried here and if
> so how long would it have to decompose for to lose its teeth? Or could
> the teeth have been removed deliberately?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Carina Phillips
>
>
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