Dear Aritza,
I work on eggshell material and have been employing both microscopic analysis of shell features and identification by mass spectrometry. I have been using the eggshell to investigate archaeological subsistence and husbandry practices. I was instructed on the technique of identification by mass spectrometry by Beatrice Demarchi of York who researches the decay of protein in eggshell among other things which may be useful for the date of your material.
Do drop me a line if you wish to speak further,
Best Wishes,
Julia
Dr Julia Best
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Forensic Science
Faculty of Science and Technology
Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus
Poole
BH12 5BB
Tel: +44 (0)1202 962074
Room: CG23
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Aritza Villaluenga <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 25 May 2015 07:05
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Egg shells identification
Dear Collegues,
My name is Aritza Villaluenga, I am Postdoctoral researcher in zooarchaeology in MONREPOS Research Centre, Neuwied, Germany.
I am writing a new postdoctoral project, involving a holistic faunal analysis of a Middle Palaeolithic site of Germany, known as Buhlen (55.000-60.000BP), located SW of Kassel (Germany).
This site was excavated in 60s by Prof. Bosinski and in 80s by Dr. Fiedler. However, macromammal remains never have been studied, only in 2004 a partial analysis of Dr. Fiedler excavation was produced in the University of Leiden (Netherlands).
In one of the excavated areas, known as Upper Site, were discovered 1586 egg shell fragments. Avifauna bone remains were taxonomically analyzed by Anne Eastham in 1998.Due to some, problems was not possible to develop a microscopic method for identifying taxonomically those egg shells.
Egg systematical recollection by neanderthals would be an interesting behavior, with clear seasonal implications, in the exploitation of small vertebrates and energy adquisition.
I would like to contact a researcher able to identifying taxonomically these egg shell fragments.
Aritza Villaluenga.
Egg shell remains form Middle Palaeolithic rock shelter. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Egg_shell_remains_form_Middle_Palaeolithic_rock_shelter [accessed May 25, 2015].
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