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are they sure this is a skull? Salima Ikram Chair, SAPE Department Professor of Egyptology American University in Cairo P. O. Box 74, Road 90, Tagammu 5 New Cairo 11825, EGYPT [log in to unmask] Fax: 20227957565 On 9 Mar 2012, at 10:33, Julia Cussans wrote: > I thought that too, they look like they are sitting within the bone and not part of it. I don't really know what the scale is but they look very large to me. > > Julia > > > > > Julia Cussans (Project Officer - Osteoarchaeology) > > Archaeological Solutions Archaeological Solutions > 98 - 100 Fore Street 6 Brunel Business Court > Hertford Eastern Way > Hertfordshire Bury St Edmunds > SG14 1AB Suffolk > IP32 7AJ > T: 01992 558 170 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jacqui Mulville > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] mammal skull in baulk, UAE > > Ok, is the skull upside down and those are teeth? Weird texture for horn? > Just a thought... > > Jacqui Mulville (PhD), > On research leave Sept 2011 to Sept 2012, replies to email may be slower during this period. > > Cardiff Osteoarchaeological Research Group > www.facebook.com/CORGROUP > > Join Guerrilla Archaeology: get down and dirty with the past > http://www.facebook.com/GuerillaArchaeology > > > School of History, Archaeology and Religion, > Cardiff University, Humanities Building, Colum Drive, CARDIFF, CF10 3EU > http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/share/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/K-O/mulville-jacqui-dr-overview_new.html > Tel: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4247 > Fax: + 44 (0) 29 2087 4929 > > > -----Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ----- > To: [log in to unmask] > From: Sarah Whitcher Kansa > Sent by: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites > Date: 09/03/2012 04:37 > Subject: [ZOOARCH] mammal skull in baulk, UAE > > Hi Zooarchers, > > This message comes off-list from BoneCommons. Please reply to Jason > directly. <[log in to unmask]> > > http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1836 > > This image shows the cranium of some mammal that has been basically > sliced and left in the baulk of an excavation trench by the team who > investigated this site before us. This skull been interpreted by > non-specialist archaeologists as being from a sheep or goat, although > other mammals undoubtedly present in the area at the same time (wild > dromedary, oryx, gazelle). Could someone confirm or deny our > interpretation with this image? I appreciate any comments people might have. > > Thank you, > Jason > > -- > Sarah Whitcher Kansa > Executive Director, AAI > Editor, Open Context > www.alexandriaarchive.org > www.opencontext.org > Tel: 1-415-425-7381 > Fax: 1-866-505-8626 > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4859 - Release Date: 03/08/12 >