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Dear All, In a previous post I had uploaded photographs of some bones from a Neolithic/ Bronze Age site in Crete with questions about preservation and taphonomy. The link, in case people think it is relevant for the current questions, is: http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?t=877 I've now posted a couple of photographs with questions on identification. The link is: http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?t=973 The first two photographs (4066 and 4065) are of a cattle UM1/2 tooth, which has series of parallel lines, both along the side (4066) and along the broken lingual part, towards the roots (4065). The ones along the side (4066) look natural/ etching, whereas the ones along the lingual part look quite different- postdepositional? Any thoughts?? This tooth comes from the same bag as the first photo from my old post (3604). The next photo (3585) is of a cattle LM3 tooth, which has a series of parallel lines, which are quite different from either from the UM1/2. Are they related to growth of the animal? For your interest, the preservation is similar to the third photograph of my previous post (3599), with all the white coloured bones. And finally, a bird bone (3559)- unfortunately it is the only photograph I have, and it is not great. You can probably see that it looks very recent, not of a Neolithic or Bronze Age. But still, it found its way in the assemblage- we have problems with identifying precise context and mixing anyways. Would anybody hazard a guess as to what bird- or size of bird- it might be? Many thanks in advance for any help I might get! Best wishes to all, Nellie ---------------------------- Dr. Nellie Phoca-Cosmetatou Research Fellow & Tutor in Archaeology and Anthropology Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG Tel: +44 (0)1865 282395 Fax: +44 (0)1865 272705 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/academics/about/dr-nellie-phoca-cosmetatou "Engrave yourself somewhere, in any possible way, and then again erase yourself with magnanimity" O. Elytis