Hi Lidia It could be one of the white-toothed shrews - Crocidura russula or C. suaveolens ? Best wishes Alan Alan Pipe Zoologist Museum of London Archaeology Mortimer Wheeler House 46 Eagle Wharf Road London. N1 7ED Tel: 020 7566 9332 Fax: 020 7410 2201 Email: [log in to unmask] www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archaeology Museum of London Archaeology has resumed excavations at the site of the first purpose-built Shakespearean theatre: follow the action on the MOL blog http://www.mymuseumoflondon.org.uk/blogs/blog/category/excavations-at-shakespeare's-theatre/ Before printing, please think about the environment ________________________________ From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lídia colominas barberà Sent: 24 November 2010 17:24 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] identification of a micro mandible, now in BoneCommons... Dear Zooarch, Could anybody help me to identify taxonomically a micro jaw? Attached images now in BoneCommons: http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1709 It's from a roman context. Any contribution would be helpful. Thank you very much and sorry for the initial wrong mail... Lídia Colominas Laboratori d'Arqueozoologia Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona