Acting devil's advocate, why should we consider the bubbly, greyer
material to be bone at all?
I wonder whether it is a postmortem precipitate of mineral on the
surface of the bone.
It looks like that in the cross section.
Richard
On 9/03/2012 02:34, Peter Popkin wrote:
> Hi ZOOARCH,
>
> A colleague is looking for some help figuring out (as far as possible)
> what might have caused an extensive pathology on a large canid ulna.
> Not my bag, but I'm sure someone out there knows... I've uploaded six
> photos onto BoneCommons that can be found here:
> http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1837
>
> Replies can be sent directly to me and I'll pass on the info.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> many thanks,
> Peter Popkin
>
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