Dear all,
I have some pathologies on Romano-British cattle bones that I could do with some help on. Have you seen anything similar, and if so, what did you interpret them as?
First: one radius with a second attachment point for the ulna. No noticeable pathologies otherwise. I've never seen anything similar before. There is an ulna from the same context that may come from the same leg, but the articulation points are a bit too fragmented to be certain. The ulna doesn't have any clear evidence of a healed fracture, which would have been my initial interpretation of the radius.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_15910_zpsufjevnp0.jpg
One sacrum has large pitting on the joint towards the lumbar vertebrae. The joint towards the auricular surface is destroyed by pitting and bone remodelling/bone absorption. There are also exostoses and bone remodelling on the ventral side. Large pitting on vertebrae can be a sign of tuberculosis on humans, but can this (or brucellosis, for that matter) also the case here?
Dorsal view:
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_16552b_zpsudqlyvar.jpg
ventral view:
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_16552c_zps4qcz7p9z.jpg
cranial view:
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_16552a_zpsnaumqp2o.jpg
One mandible has minor pores and depression on the joint. The depression is very odd, and I've never seen anything like it before.
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_15431b_zpsx5rfhjs2.jpg
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac137/ossamentaDW/Benbilder/DIGWP10_15431a_zps71r8fnqp.jpg
with thanks,
Lena
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