Subject: | | Re: stone/metal tool marks |
From: | | Jen Kitch <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 10 Feb 2006 10:28:48 +0000635_ISO-8859-1 Dear Colin,
You could try contacting Alexei Yurchenko at The Center for Environmental and Technological History at the European University at St. Petersburg, who works on the White Sea region in the Middle Ages.
You must already be familiar with Novgorod. Mark Maltby is the person to contact about the faunal remains and I think his final report will be submitted in 2006, but you can see an early version in Maltby, M. and Brisbane, M. 2002. 'Love Letters to Bare Bones: A Comparison of Two Types of Evidence for the Use of Animals in Medieval Novgorod', Archaeological Review from [...]44_10Feb200610:28:[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:26:00 +0100 |
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Hi Kerry,
I have a reference that refers to cuts on bone and SEM scanning which may be of some
use:
Shipman, P. 1981, Life history of a fossil, an introduction to taphonomy and
paleoecology.
I remember reading many moons ago that it was possible to distingush between stone
tools and metal tools through the profile shape of the cut ie. V-shape for stone tools and
U-shape for metal tools but I am afraid I cannot remember the reference.
I am sure someone should be able to provide you with more accurate information.
Cheers
Jen K
On 28 Mar 2006 at 9:16, kerry harris wrote:
> Hi all,
> Would anyone be able to tell me if its possible to distinguish between
> cutmarks made by stone and metal tools on bone without using S.E.M ?
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> Thanks,
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> Kerry
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