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I would have to agree with Sheila below, the first thing that struck me upon viewing the photos was that they looked very like the premaxillae of deer-like animals. What is the length of them? Have ye been able to ascertain if the bone is fish or mammal? Interesting though! Kind regards Ruth S H-D wrote: >I'd guess deer, or similar, premaxillae - which would be why they can't find them in any fish, they do look fishy in shape don't they?! what do the rest of you think. >Sheila >SH-D ArchaeoZoology >http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk/ >all mail checked by Norton antivirus: http://www.sarc.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tanya M. Peres > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:22 PM > Subject: [ZOOARCH] what are they? > > > Dear zooarchers, > > We are finishing up our spring Zooarchaeology > class, and it is down to the last few identifications for > the student projects. Two of my students have found > these items (each of them have two, for a total of 4 from > the site), and I can't figure out what they are. > > The site is from Tennessee (Southeastern US), it is a Mississippian--Thurston Phase > village complex (w/ several associated mounds), and was excavated > during a Section 106/Compliance project. All 4 of these items are > from a large feature, possibly a trash pit. > > We have compared these objects to all manner of fish in our collection, > as well as the usual suspects, but to no avail. > > If you find our case intriguing and would like to view photos of the > mystery pieces, click on: > > http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAN2jZw4bNGrCIA > > Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to send our way! > > Tanya M. Peres, PhD, RPA > Assistant Director, Program for Archaeological Research > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology > University of Kentucky > 1020A Export Street > Lexington, KY 40506-9854 > 859-257-1944 Office > 859-323-1968 FAX > www.uky.edu/as/anthropology/PAR > www.uky.edu/~tmpere2 > CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT UK, 1928-2003 > > -------------------------------------- Ruth F. Carden B.Sc. Zoology Department National University of Ireland, Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Tel: (+)353-1-7162261 www.ucd.ie/zoology