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Hey zooarchs, I'm working on a post-colonial (late 1800s) Philadelphia site which had mostly domesticated animals, tons of sheep/lamb, and so I was skeptical about what I was seeing until I found another bone that also made me think these were cervid, based on Schmid and other sketches. It's a femur-tibia set, probably, from a younger animal (FM unfused distally + new bone growth). Even young, the bones are about twice the size of most sheep bones I've seen, and about 1/3 bigger than fully fused sheep femora found there. Can anyone confirm? Thanks! Photos: https://allisongrunwald.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/are-these-really-deer-bones/ -Allison