Yep, I agree - Lara you are not by any means the first to have thought
these might be some weird bird beak, a great one to show students et al ;)
Sheila
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
On 18/08/2014 14:11, Rebecca Nicholson wrote:
> It look like a spurdog (Squalus acanthias) dorsal spine to me, so fish not bird.
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> Rebecca
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Repost-- Bird Bones: Beak or Claw?
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> Sorry about the lack of photos in the previous post!
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> These are from a Northwest Coast shell midden site in British Columbia. I thought they may be bird related-beaks or claws, but I can't find an exact match from the zooarch collection I am using. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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> Hopefully these links work:
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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7wmyDL8yIZ2WTlZLTJTSnZweUE/edit?usp=sharing
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> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7wmyDL8yIZ2WmNxeWZ5YmxpTzA&usp=sharing
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