Dear Peter,
Thanks for your reply. I think that these knobbles are either denticles
or the remains of denticles. Unfortunately, I don't have a ray/shark
skin for comparison.
Jessica
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-----Original Message-----
From: Peter G.Burns [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 04 March 2008 15:26
To: Jessica Grimm
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Possible fish skin on Saxon scabbard
Jessica, if those are denticles I see then Ray or Shark could be the
material.
Peter
Peter Burns
Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge,MA 02138
USA
Phone: 617-495-8317
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