Dear Richard,
specimen 2 is almost certainly part of a skull of a domestic pig (Sus
domesticus), the edge between the Os occipitale and Os parietale in
particular. Specimen 1 is a humerus,a left one as far as I can see.
Could be pig too.
Best
Christian
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Am 23.05.2008 um 03:07 schrieb Richard Wright:
> I am looking for help with IDs on two animal bones.
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/static/08kkwm1w0w.jpg
>
> They were found in a collection of commingled human bones dating
> from WW2 in a coastal area of the SW Pacific.
>
> Both animal bones look as if they have been butchered. The animal
> bones may not be contemporary with the human bones.
>
> Specimen 1 looked to me as if it might be the proximal end of the
> humerus of a pig.
>
> Specimen 2 shows what appears to be the endocranial surface of a
> skull, and to have signs of charring on one broken edge. I wondered
> about Dugong.
>
> Richard Wright
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