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Hi Thery, your traces look like rodents to me and I think the agent is different from Allisons'. Best Christian -- KNOCHENARBEIT Hans Christian Küchelmann Diplom-Biologe Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177 fax: +49 - 421 - 37 83 540 mail: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de web: http://www.knochenarbeit-shop.de Am 05.03.2014 um 10:26 schrieb Thierry ARGANT: > Hi Allison, > Not an answer but I’ve quite similar marks on numerous human and > equids bones and skulls from Lyon (3rd cent.). They seemed to be > exposed in a ditch (or above) and wore lots of marks only on the > upper face (exposed). I did some tribological studies but that gave > no answer. > > http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/marks-chartreux > > > Thierry ARGANT > [log in to unmask] > > > > Le 4 mars 2014 à 12:05, Christian Küchelmann > <[log in to unmask]> a écrit : > >> Hi Allison, >> >> to follow up Richards comment, Ungulates chew bones more >> frequently than usually expected but the traces do look different. >> Check these references for comparison: >> # Brothwell, Don (1976): Further Evidence of Bone Chewing by >> Ungulates: the Sheep of North Ronaldsay, Orkney. – Journal of >> Archaeological Science 3, 179-182 >> # Sutcliffe, Antony J. (1973): Similarity of Bones and Antlers >> gnawed by Deer to Human Artefacts. – Nature 246, 428-430 >> >> Christian >> -- >> KNOCHENARBEIT >> >> Hans Christian Küchelmann >> Diplom-Biologe >> >> Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany >> tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177 >> fax: +49 - 421 - 37 83 540 >> mail: [log in to unmask] >> web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de >> web: http://www.knochenarbeit-shop.de >> >> >> >> >> Am 03.03.2014 um 22:57 schrieb Richard Wright: >> >>> Allison >>> >>> I do not recall seeing marks quite like this on bone. >>> >>> However I am familiar with the irregular tracks on the surface of >>> bones caused by termites, and hollowed out oval pockets in >>> cortical bone (with discrete edges) caused by certain beetles of >>> the domestid variety. >>> >>> Your markings look nothing like the marks of those insects. >>> >>> The sub-parallel nature of the grooves does suggest they are made >>> by the cusps of teeth. Not curved teeth as such, but caused by >>> the bone slipping while being chewed. >>> >>> Therefore cause not likely to be rodents, but perhaps a larger >>> mammal or reptile. I understand deer chew bones, but am >>> unfamiliar with their marks (I live in Australia). >>> >>> Do you ever get similar marks on the opposing edges of such >>> marked bones? >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> >>> To: >>> >>> Cc: >>> >>> Sent: >>> >>> Subject: >>> >>> >>>