Dear Elizabeth,
You will find good images and drawings of Guineafowl (and many other galliformes) in:
Tomek, T. and Bochenski, Z.M. 2009. A Key for the Identification of Domestic Bird Bones in Europe: Galliformes and Columbiformes. Kraków: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals.
There is also an element scan here:
http://aves3d.org/public_images/show_image/5078?specimen_element_id=422&specimen_id=130
All the best,
Julia
Dr Julia Best
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Forensic Science
Faculty of Science and Technology
Bournemouth University
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] bone ID
I have a tibiotarsus I'm trying to identify and am looking for suggestions. I posted a photo of it at the zooarch Ning site at http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/tibiotarsus?context=user#!/photo/tibiotarsus?context=user. The photo has the mystery bone and a wild turkey for comparison. Morphology is similar to turkey but the mystery bone is much smaller. It's big for a chicken. It's not goose or duck or grouse. I don't have a photo or drawing of Guinea fowl and can't find one online or in any bone atlases - does anyone have any suggestions for either an ID or where I can find a Guinea fowl tibiotarsus photo or drawing? The mystery bone is from a 19th c. urban site in Virginia (U.S.). Thanks for any suggestions.
Elizabeth
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Virginia Museum of Natural History
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