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Dear Julie, try these: NIEDENTHAL, O. & SPENNEMANN, D. (1985): Vorbericht zur Ausgrabung einer bronzezeitlichen Grube mit Keramik-Fehlbränden in Nidderau-Heldenbergen. - Neues Magazin Hanauische Geschichte 8(5), 249-253 (bones used as fuel in Bronze Age pottery kilns) HEIZER, ROBERT F. (1943): Aconite poison whaling in Asia and America: an Aleutian transfer to the New World. - Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 133, Anthropological Papers No. 24, pp. 415-468 (whale bones plus whale oil used as fuel ) PERLÈS, CATHERINE (1977): Préhistoire du feu (mentions bones used as fuel by the Scyths citing Greece historian Herodot) DARWIN, CHARLES (1844): Charles Darwin's Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach den den Inseln des grünen Vorgebirges, Südamerika, dem Feuerlande, den Falklandinseln, Chiloe-Inseln, Galapagos-Inseln, Otaheiti, Neuholland, Neuseeland, Van Diemen's-Land, Keeling-Inseln, Mauritius, St. Helena, den Azoren, etc (Gauchos on the Falkland Islands using bones of cattle to prepare their steaks) And most important: Costamagno, Sandrine / Griggo, Christophe / Mourre, Vincent (1999): Approche Experimentale d'un Problem Taphonomique: Utilisation de Combustible Osseux au Paleolithique . – Préhistoire Européenne 13, 167-194 Additionally to the paper mentioned by Alan Outram there is another paper in a newly published ICAZ volume: Costamagno, Sandrine / Théry-Parisot, Isabelle / Brugal, J.-P. / Guibert, R. (2005): Taphonomic consequences of the use of bones as fuel – Experimental data and archaeological applications. in: O'Connor, Terry (ed.): Biosphere to Lithosphere, 51-62, Oxford Yours Christian -- KNOCHENARBEIT Hans Christian Küchelmann Diplom-Biologe Findorffstrasse 12, D-28215 Bremen, Germany tel: +421 / 61 99 177 fax: +421 / 37 83 540 mail: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de ----- Curl, Julie schrieb: > Dear All, > > Does anyone know of any reports that refer to burnt bones as bones > being used as fuel? I have found modern references for bones being > used as fuel, but no proper archaeological evidence for it so far. > > Any help much appreciated, > > Julie -- Julie Curl Faunal Remains Specialist Norfolk Archaeological > Unit 13-15 Cathedral Street Norwich NR1 1LU > > Tel: 01603 - 878206 Mobile: 07870 818752 E-mail: > [log in to unmask]