Dear Ben,
I think its a member of the family Herpestidae. It could be a mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) but I do have no comparative material at hand at present.
Best
Christian
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Skull id
Sent: Mon, 15 Sep 2008
From: Ben Gruwier<[log in to unmask]>
> Dear zooarchaeologists,
>
> I've found this small carnivore skull on a Roman site in cetral Turkey
> (Pessinus).
> To me it looks like one of the mustelidae. Does anyone know from what
> species it might be?
>
> I posted a picture on:
> http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marteraot1.jpg
>
> Sorry for the bad image quality, the squares in the background are 1/2 cm.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Gruwier
>
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