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Dear Angelos: Cut marks on dog bones have been found in early Iron Age contexts at Ashkelon and Tel Miqne in Israel, both from Philistine occupation levels. *************************************** Edward F. Maher, Ph.D. Instructor North Central College Naperville, IL Research Associate Department of Anthropology The Field Museum Chicago, IL Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:56:52 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] dogs To: [log in to unmask] Dear Angelos I only had a single radius with a cut-mark in a small collection (46 fragments) from dog. The site is Chalkis Aitolias near Messolongi. If you don't have it already the article by Snyder and Kippel "From Lerna to Kasto: further thoughts on dogs as food in Ancient Greece" is definately worth looking at. Let me know if you have problems getting a hold of them - I have both publications here, so it is fairly easy to make a couple of pdf-files. The reference are: Snyder, L.M. and W.E. Kippel, 2003: From Lerna to Kasto: further thoughts on dogs as food in Ancient Greece. In Zooarchaeology in Greece: recent advances, E. Kotjabopoulou et al (eds.), BSA Studies 9, London, pp. 221-31 Bangsgaard, P, 2006: The animal bones from Aghia Triada. In. S. Dietz and I. Moschos (eds.): Chalkis Aitolias I, The Prehistoric Periods, Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens, vol. 7, pp. 178-195 best, Pernille Bangsgaard Near Eastern Archaeology Carsten Niebuhr Section Institute for Intercultural and Regional Studies University of Copenhagen Snorresgade 17-19 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Tel: 0045 3532 9609 (direct) Fax: 0045 3532 8926 (Institute) [log in to unmask] > Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:48:37 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ZOOARCH] dogs > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear colleagues, > > I am working on an Early Bronze Age assemblage from Greece with a high number of well-preserved dog remains. Having limited experience on dog bones I have a series of questions on how to record more information from dog remains. > 1) Is there any formalised scheme of recording tooth wear on dog mandibles? I was thinking of recording few crude stages of wear on some of the mandibular teeth but if there is something used more widely by colleagues it might be worth adopting for comparability reasons. Also, I understand that tooth wear on dog teeth might not indicate age as reliably as in ruminants but still it might be a crude indication of age clusters beyond epiphyseal fusion and eruption. > > 2) Has anyone noticed dog long bones that exhibit deformations that are reminiscent of rickets? I will post fotos in the near future but I am referring e.g. to the posterior face of tibia bulging out instead of being flatish (i.e. a section would be strongly elliptical in shape) or a particularly curved femur. > > 3) How common is the absence of the second and/or third molars? Does it indicate different breed or is it just occuring randomly in all dog populations? > > 4) Any references for dog consumption in prehistoric Europe (preferably Greece and/or eastern mediterranean)? I am finding extensive cutmarks. I have come accross that before in a Neolithic assemblage but not to this extent. > > Thank you in advance for your help and apologies for the extent of my questions. > > All the best to all, > Angelos Hadjikoumis