Sarah
One resource you could turn to is in the human forensic field.
For starters try
http://symesforensics.com/documents/SawMarkManual_Symes.pdf
Richard
On 15/12/2011 08:12, Sarah Jenkins wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I primarily work with prehistoric faunal assemblages and find myself
> floundering with a historic faunal assemblage. Does anyone have an article
> or know of an article that describes how to differentiate types of saw
> marks on butchered bone in historic sites? Pictures of the different saw
> marks would also be good. I was also wondering if anyone knows if
> different types of saws were used by butchers during certain periods in
> history in North America?
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
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