Dear Julie,
try these:
NIEDENTHAL, O. & SPENNEMANN, D. (1985): Vorbericht zur Ausgrabung einer
bronzezeitlichen Grube mit Keramik-Fehlbränden in Nidderau-Heldenbergen.
- Neues Magazin Hanauische Geschichte 8(5), 249-253
(bones used as fuel in Bronze Age pottery kilns)
HEIZER, ROBERT F. (1943): Aconite poison whaling in Asia and America: an
Aleutian transfer to the New World. - Bureau of American Ethnology
Bulletin 133, Anthropological Papers No. 24, pp. 415-468
(whale bones plus whale oil used as fuel )
PERLÈS, CATHERINE (1977): Préhistoire du feu
(mentions bones used as fuel by the Scyths citing Greece historian Herodot)
DARWIN, CHARLES (1844): Charles Darwin's Naturwissenschaftliche Reise
nach den den Inseln des grünen Vorgebirges, Südamerika, dem Feuerlande,
den Falklandinseln, Chiloe-Inseln, Galapagos-Inseln, Otaheiti,
Neuholland, Neuseeland, Van Diemen's-Land, Keeling-Inseln, Mauritius,
St. Helena, den Azoren, etc
(Gauchos on the Falkland Islands using bones of cattle to prepare their
steaks)
And most important:
Costamagno, Sandrine / Griggo, Christophe / Mourre, Vincent (1999):
Approche Experimentale d'un Problem Taphonomique: Utilisation de
Combustible Osseux au Paleolithique . – Préhistoire Européenne 13, 167-194
Additionally to the paper mentioned by Alan Outram there is another
paper in a newly published ICAZ volume:
Costamagno, Sandrine / Théry-Parisot, Isabelle / Brugal, J.-P. /
Guibert, R. (2005): Taphonomic consequences of the use of bones as fuel
– Experimental data and archaeological applications. in: O'Connor, Terry
(ed.): Biosphere to Lithosphere, 51-62, Oxford
Yours
Christian
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Curl, Julie schrieb:
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone know of any reports that refer to burnt bones as bones
> being used as fuel? I have found modern references for bones being
> used as fuel, but no proper archaeological evidence for it so far.
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
> Julie -- Julie Curl Faunal Remains Specialist Norfolk Archaeological
> Unit 13-15 Cathedral Street Norwich NR1 1LU
>
> Tel: 01603 - 878206 Mobile: 07870 818752 E-mail:
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