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Dear zooarch I have made a Dropbox link with the bone photos which should be accessible by clicking this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m9b2hcxtqs4j7a5/AADWZpRSIQ6aTAaR0xlGiyaja?dl=0 There is a large fish vertebra, large possible bird humerus and a possible mammal bone from Iceland that I would much appreciate some help with. Regards. Albína On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:16 PM Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear zooarch > > > I have a few tricky bones that I need help with. All come from Icelandic > sites. > > https://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/iceland-id-help-dec2018 > <https://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/albums/iceland-id-help-dec2018> > > 1. One bone I am pretty sure is a large mammal, possibly horse since most > of the bones at the site were horse but there was some cattle. > 2. There is one very large and rather flat fish vertebra, unfortunately my > fish bone reference collection is still relatively small but I just can't > find a good fit even from online resources. In Iceland gadids are most > common but there are also a number of pleauronectidae and I thought perhaps > due to the size that it might be *Hippoglossus hippoglossus *but I have > not been able to find a good image. > 3. This bone I initially thought was a bird but I just can't even figure > it out the element. My bird bone reference collection is pretty decent by > now but the bone is so large. > > So there is a little something for bird, fish and mammal zooarchs :) > > Any help would be appreciated > > Regards, > > Albína > > > > > *______________________________________________* > *Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir* > Zooarchaeologist MA > Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences > The Agricultural University of Iceland <http://www.lbhi.is/> > Keldnaholti - Árleyni 22 > 112 Reykjavík > Iceland > > PhD student > Archaeogenomics group > <http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/research/groups/archaeogenomics/index.html> > - Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) > <http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/> > Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo > Postbox 1066 > Blindern > 0316 OSLO > Norway > > Mobile +354 697 9896 > > The horses and sheep of the Vikings: Archaeogenomics of domesticates in > the North Atlantic > <http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/research/projects/690456/index.html> > > Icelandic ZooArch website <http://www.icelandiczooarch.is/> > > Researchgate profile > <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Albina_Palsdottir3> > <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Albina_Palsdottir3> > > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ZOOARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ZOOARCH&A=1