It's hard to be sure from pictures, but they certainly look like
carnivore gnaw to me.
Nerissa Russell
>Daer Aaron,
>
>I wonder whether at least some of these could be gnawing marks. Dogs' teeth
>often "get caught" esp. in the slight concavity on distal tibiae as they grind
>away.
>
>The calcaneus seems least likely from this point of view, but a student of
>mine found something very similar at an AD 10th c. site in Hungary.
>Perforations by that time could have been made by sophisticated metal tools.
>
>But I am curious to see other ideas on the list.
>
>Best wishes: Laszlo
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Nerissa Russell
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