Looks like a bifid dorsal vertebral spine of Bos indicus or possibly,
although less likely it seems to me in this case, Bos taurus. This piece
is different than the specimen I looked at earlier and about which I was
quoted below.
Richard Meadow
WORLEY, Fay Louise wrote:
> Hi Krish and Adrienne,
>
> I think that it might be my mystery bone photos you remember
> http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?t=901 At
> the time I thought that it was a pathology but Richard Meadow sent the
> following comment "From what I can tell from the photos (but I would
> rather see the thing in the flesh) the specimen could well be a bifid
> dorsal spine of a thoracic vertebra. The bifurcation need not be
> symmetrical. However, identification as Bos indicus is not
> straightforward as heavily horned Bos taurus occasionally also has bifid
> spines".
>
> Fay
>
> Fay Worley
> Zooarchaeologist
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrienne Powell
> Sent: 04 September 2007 11:44
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> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Mystery Bone
>
> Hi Krish,
>
> I wonder if your mystery bone might be the bifid neural spine from a
> humped cattle vertebra...
> where does it come from?
>
> Adrienne
>
>
>
> Ms Adrienne Powell
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