Dear Elaine,
I have for a long time used Rotring marker pens and Rotring ink (I think
this is also known as India or China ink). It seems (almost 40 years of my
experience) to last and is relatively light insensitive. It will also resist
light rinsing in warm water - the kind of thing you may want to do to a
dirty bone.
Do not use felt-tip ink pens as the colours tend to be light sensitive and
so disappear over time, a process that may take 10 - 20 years!
Although I have never tried to use a burner pen, I would imagine that
burning a number into the bone would be an even more permanent way of
marking bone!
Best
Simon
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Assunto: [ZOOARCH] Marking bones
I have a query and was hoping some of you might be able to help. I need
to mark some skeletons in our comparative collection with a series of
numbers.Years ago, when we were still involved with finds-work, we used
pens with replaceable nibs and Rotring ink for marking. Do any more
modern methods of marking exist these days? Obviously we need something
that's waterproof, permanent, not sensitive to light etc. etc., but also
fine enough to mark small bones.
Thanks, Elaine
Elaine Turner
Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum
Schloss Monrepos
56567 Neuwied
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