Hello been rolling would have affected all the faces it seems ? and it is not the case from what i can see. chemical ? cheers 2017-11-30 15:41 GMT+01:00 Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear Zooarch > > > I have a sheep/goat tibia which was found in a river bed in Iceland. The > erosion on the shaft seems unusual to me, there is a limited area towards > the distal end of the shaft with extensive pitting. Is this to be expected > in a bone that might have been rolling around in a rocky river bed? > > Photos at http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/sheep-goat- > tibia-eroded > > > Regards, > > Albína > > > > *______________________________________________Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir* > > Zooarchaeologist MA > > Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences > > The Agricultural University of Iceland > > Keldnaholti - Árleyni 22 > > 112 Reykjavík > > Iceland > > > > > PhD student > > Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) > > Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo > > Postbox 1066 > > Blindern > > 0316 OSLO > > Norway > > > Mobile +354 697 9896 > > > > http://lbhi.academia.edu/AlbínaPálsdóttir > > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Albina_Palsdottir3 > > -- J.H. Yvinec Archéozoologue INRAP, UMR 7209 Laboratoire d'archéozoologie de Compiègne, CRAVO, 17 rue James de Rothschild, 60200 Compiègne, France, tel : 33 (0)3 44 23 28 10 mobile : 06 51 87 70 77 www.inrap.fr Abonnez-vous à la lettre d’information de l'Inrap : *http://www.inrap.fr/newsletter.php* <http://www.inrap.fr/newsletter.php> ________________________________________ visitez le site <http://www.archeozoo.org/>