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Dear Albina. I'm not really sure from the photos, but I wonder whether you have considered the possibility for this to be a baculum - perhaps seal? The concavity would be consistent with that, but seems unlikely to have been caused by natural wear. Cheers, Umberto On 18 July 2012 19:37, Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Zooarch members > > More help with strange bones would be much appreciated photos can be seen > here > http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/atr-unidentified-bones-2012. > > > Kind regards, > > Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir > > > Íslenskar fornleifarannsóknir ehf > Reykjavík, Iceland > http://fornleifarannsoknir.wordpress.com/ > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >> >> Dear Zooarch members >> >> I could use some help identifying this bone >> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/unknown-bone >> It comes from a midden context in Reykjavík Iceland and dates to between >> 1500 and 1800. >> My current theory is cetacean, worked or sea abraded. The inside does >> however not fit well with it being a cetacean bone. >> None of the other bones from the context have this smooth white appearance >> but the context includes cetacean, sheep, cattle, fish and bird bones. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Albína > > -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 25 109 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/people/albarella For MSc in Osteoarchaeology see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate/masters/courses-available/osteoarchaeology For Zooarchaeology short course see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see: http://agj.group.shef.ac.uk/ "only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught we will realise we cannot eat money"