Hi Fay,
I record these extra foramen and, like Terry, I have
the impression that these tend to occur at relatively
high frequencies in RB assemblages in Britain. Bruce
Levitan mentions them in his paper on recording
mandible pathologies, if memory serves, he also
describes a high incidence in the sheep from the large
ritual from Uley, but I don't have the reference to
hand.
Levitan, B. 1985 A methodology for recording the
pathology and other anomalies of ungulate mandibles
from archaeological sites. N.R.J. Fieller, et al.
Palaeobiological Investigations: Research Design,
Methods and Analysis BAR S266 41-54
I have quite high frequencies of this trait in both
the red deer and the sheep from Late Iron Age deposits
at Bornish on South Uist: 15 out of 34 mandibles and
14 out of 41 mandibles, respectively.
Adrienne
> I am looking at a large assemblage from a Roman site
> in southern England and am noticing that just under
> half the sheep/goat mandibles have an extra foramen
> below the p2 or p3 on the buccal side. Some also
> have a double mental foramen. So far I have only
> recorded approx. 50 mandibles but the assessment
> data suggests that there are probably 150 more in
> the complete assemblage. I was wondering if anyone
> has recorded these extra foramen and can suggests
> whether they are a frequently present. Or are there
> any papers which consider non-metric foramen on
> mandibles? I can only find references to foramen on
> sheep femora.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fay
>
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