Re: Odd find
This is pretty far afield, but at Neolithic Catalhoyuk in Turkey,
there was an infant burial with trachial segments on the fingers of
each hand. See:
Russell, Nerissa,
and Kevin J. McGowan
2005 The Çatalhöyük
bird bones. In Inhabiting Çatalhöyük: Reports from the
1995-1999 Seasons. I. Hodder, ed. Pp. 99-110. McDonald Institute
Monographs. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research. Page 103
and
Cessford, Craig
2007 Building 1. In
Excavating Çatalhöyük: South, North and KOPAL Area Reports from
the 1995-1999 Seasons. I. Hodder, ed. Pp. 405-530. McDonald
Institute Monographs. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research. Pages 415-417
Rissa
At 10:29 AM +0000 3/11/08, Kris Poole wrote:
Dear all,
A colleague of mine recovered this find on a Mid-Late
Saxon site in Norfolk, an image of which I have posted to the
BoneCommons website:
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/icaz/icazForum/viewtopic.php?p=1050#1050
It appears to be a sheep rib with some bird tracheal rings threaded on
to it. Does anyone know of any parallels?
Many thanks,
Kris Poole
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