I have a colleague who has asked me to send her query to the Zooarc list in the hopes of receiving some information on the process of defleshing bones from burials for use in experimentation afterwards. If anyone has relevant information can you please send it to her? Her email is below with her detailed question.

Tina

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From: R.J. Wallduck <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 14 January 2013 05:31
Subject: defleshing
To: "T.L. Greenfield" <[log in to unmask]>

Thanks for doing this Tina :)

here is the blurb

I primarily work with human bones, but I would greatly appreciate your help regarding bone defleshing. I require a method to remove flesh from bone (which has been buried), but the integrity of the cortical surface must be preserved. Does anyone have any advice/references where this has been done successfully. My email address is [log in to unmask] Thank you!

Ros
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