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It's the ossified Cartilago thyroidea of Rangifer tarandus. Should be an older animal, I'd say 10 years plus. Cheers, Vern ************************************************* Dr. Werner Müller Office et Musée d'archéologie Laboratoire d'archéozoologie Chemin de Maujobia 8 CH-2000 Neuchâtel Suisse tel.+41-32-725 11 80 fax +41-32-725 11 84 e-mail: [log in to unmask] -----Message d'origine----- De : Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de Diane K. Hanson Envoyé : jeudi, 24. mai 2007 03:11 À : [log in to unmask] Objet : [ZOOARCH] Mystery bones Two of the people working up here are getting "mystery" bones from their sites and were wondering if they could draw on the expertise of the other analysts out there. One site is in northern Alaska in the Brooks Range area (inland, tundra). The other is in the northwest Coast area of Alaska at the site of Deering. Suggestions have included, among others, ossified thoracic cartilage and glottal cartilage. The Deering examples are on the Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists web site: http://www.akzooarch.org/news.html Diane Hanson