Hi Ariane,
Any chance it could be a cetacean phalanx?
Best,
David
On 29/04/16 15:28, Burke Ariane wrote:
> On behalf of a colleague I have the following "mystery bone" query... our favourite Friday passtime!
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> Can anyone identify this piece. Could it be a bone? A strange-shaped rock? Or something else?
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> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/q2n08f5mpjy87oa/AACA12Guz0ZOfVjn23Oinssia?dl=0<redir.aspx?REF=SvKLWzOtrjUf3hPlRocc1hQFlsIgsoAE3LgmmK4yNXjjFKpbOXDTCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5kcm9wYm94LmNvbS9zaC9xMm4wOGY1bXBqeTg3b2EvQUFDQTEyR3V6MFpPZlZqbjIzT2luc3NpYT9kbD0w>
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> It comes from 4-million-year-old sediments in East Africa (but could also be from overlying Pleistocene sediments).
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> Merci,
> Ariane Burke, on behalf of: Michelle Drapeau
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Dr. David C. Orton
Lecturer in Zooarchaeology
BioArCh, Department of Archaeology
University of York
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