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And some Greek herders age goats this way On 7 January 2016 at 10:02, Sue Millard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To a certain extent one can also age sheep by the same process, though as > their horns tend to be > ridged anyway it's much less helpful. Having had a "handle" come off while > holding sheep for routine > dosing I can say there are certainly weak places in horns after a bad > winter. > > Sue M > > -- Graham and Sue Millard > Daw Bank, Greenholme, Tebay, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3TA. 01539 624636. > http://www.dawbank.co.uk/ > Attached PM$, MIME and other non-readable files contain information > necessary for your e-mail application > to read this message. They are not viruses and can be ignored. > > On 7 Jan 2016 at 8:52, GIDNEY L.J. wrote: > > > > > Dear Pamela, > > Yes, horn rings are a relative guide to age but not an indicator of > > exact calendar age. Since the great de-horning of the 1960's it's a > > dying art. My Dexters show this trait clearly. Regards, Louisa > > > > From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites > > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Pajx > > [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 January 2016 > > 05:45 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] ageing cattle by > > horn rings? > > > > Hi all > > This might be of interest...Cattle are not my speciality, but I don't > > seem to remember ageing by horn rings? Has anyone else? > > > > It's mentioned here in a piece about Irish folk ways... > > > > They were, however, acute and wise in their generation-intelligent > > cattle-dealers, on whom it would have been a matter of some difficulty > > to impose an unsound horse, or a cow older than was intimated by her > > horn-rings, even when conscientiously dressed up for sale by the > > ingenious aid of the file or burning-iron. > > > > Editor (1830) The donagh: Or the horse-stealers. The National > > Magazine, 1, 637-654. > > > > I suppose it's of limited use, how often does the actual horn survive > > in most European sites? cheers > > > > > > Pamela J Cross > > PhD researcher, Zoo/Bioarchaeology > > Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP UK > > p.j.cross (at) student.bradford.ac.uk / pajx (at) aol.com > > MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "owa.dur.ac.uk" > > claiming to be http://www.barc.brad.ac.uk/resstud_Cross.php > > MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "owa.dur.ac.uk" > > claiming to be http://bradford.academia.edu/PamCross > > > > Life at the Edge "liminality...enable[s] evolution and growth ... > > Boundaries and edges also characterize the dynamics of landscapes > > ... environments..[both intellectual and physical]." Andrews & > > Roberts 2012, Liminal Landscapes > > > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2016.0.7303 / Virus Database: 4489/11341 - Release Date: > > 01/06/16 > -- Paul Halstead Professor of Archaeology Departmental Head of Learning & Teaching Director MA Cultural Heritage Management, MSc Environmental Archaeology & Palaeoeconomy The Department of Archaeology received a 100% student satisfaction score in the 2015 National Student Survey The University of Sheffield was voted number one for student experience: Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2014-15 The Department of Archaeology holds an Equality Challenge Unit Bronze Gender Equality Charter Mark