Dear Lidia, also for me they are sea urchin spines. Also Sphaerechinus
granularis is edible (I ate it ...) and, following A. Palombi and M.
Santarelli (Gli animali commestibili dei mari d'Italia, Ed. Hoepli,
Milano, 1990), also the other sea urchins (see pp. 294-295). It is
possible that you can find between the zooarchaeological materials also
the elements of the Aristotle’s lantern. I found it (with spines an
test's fragments) in the archaeozoological remains of the roman Sanctuary
of Tas Silg in Malta (I BC- I AD); I posted the photos in my ZooBook page
( http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/profile/JacopoDeGrossiMazzorin ).
Best,
Jacopo
> Dear Zooarch,
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> Does anyone can help me in the identification of these roman faunal
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> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/sea-urchin-1
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> I was wondering if they are spines from sea urchins (*paracentrotus
> lividus*).
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> I would very much appreciate any thoughts!
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> Thank you,
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> LĂdia Colominas
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