Dear Fiona,

in an attempt to interpret the abundance of mesolithic harppon heads
in European inland sites Erwin Cziesla (2005) has summarised a
substantial number of seal sightings sometimes quite far in the inland.

Cziesla, Erwin (2005): Robbenjagd in Brandenburg. – Ethnografisch-
Archäologische Zeitschrift 48, 1-48

Best

Christian
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Am 16.10.2013 um 22:49 schrieb fiona beglane:

> Thanks John
> That's so interesting - we always assume human agency when things
> are 'out of place' but this serves as a good reminder.
> All the best
> Fiona
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> From: "Cox, John" <[log in to unmask]>
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> A web search for "seals inland" produced the following:
>
> http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/inland-seals.html#cr
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> so an inland seal may not be that unusual.
>
> John
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> This is interesting. there is also grey seal at Brandon on the
> Little Ouse. Brandon was probably a monastic foundation for part of
> its history. Pam Crabtree
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> From: Cox, John
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> Re seals inland
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> There is a report in the Winter 2013 edition p35 of Nature's home
> (the magazine of the RSPB) which arrived in the post today of a
> grey seal being seen 50 miles inland up the Great Ouse. It had
> apparently negotiated about 20 weirs, was sighted in an encounter
> with cattle and someone near Bedford canoed alongside it.....
>
> John
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> Thank you very much Chris for that suggestion. This is very
> exciting as it is an inland monastic site so watery-foods come to
> mind.
> All the best
> Fiona
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> From: Christyann Darwent <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 5:14 PM
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> Hi Fiona,
>
> Definitely from a juvenile Phoca sp., front flipper. The front
> phalanges are much more compact than the rear.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
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> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 6:45 AM, fiona beglane
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I wonder if I could call on the extreme generosity of members to
> help out with some mystery bones. I have 4 sets of photos kept
> under separate links for clarity. Medieval/Post med site in Ireland.
>
> Phalanges and metapodial. The 'concave' proximal ends look like
> what you get on pig accessory phalanges, but these are very big for
> pig, especially as the bone is very spongy / young juvenile in
> texture - or maybe a marine mammal? (Althougth this is an inland
> site).
>
> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/4-mystery
>
> thanks
> Fiona
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