Dear David,
You might contact Genny LeMoine at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum,
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine ([log in to unmask]). She is curator
of the museum, and her dissertation research was on bone tools from the
North American Arctic (late Thule/early historic) in the MacKenzie Delta
region (previous work was on northern plains bone tools) and she is
currently working on 19th cen bone tools from NW Greenland.
Cheers,
Chris
> Dear Zooarch:
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> Does anyone know of a good method, or can point out appropriate
> literature,
> to distinguish antler from bone in worked artifacts? I'm working with an
> archaeologist to identify materials used in artifacts from the 19th
> Century
> North American arctic. Some are obviously bone and obviously antler, but
> some are harder to distinguish. Any information would be helpful; ie.
> does
> compact bone in antler contain Haversian canals? Thanks!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dave
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> David Dyer, Curator
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> Zoological Museum
>
> University of Montana
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> Missoula, MT 59812
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> USA
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>
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