I would have to agree with Sheila below, the first thing that struck me
upon viewing the photos was that they looked very like the premaxillae
of deer-like animals. What is the length of them?
Have ye been able to ascertain if the bone is fish or mammal?
Interesting though!
Kind regards
Ruth
S H-D wrote:
>I'd guess deer, or similar, premaxillae - which would be why they can't
find them in any fish, they do look fishy in shape don't they?! what do
the rest of you think.
>Sheila
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tanya M. Peres
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> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:22 PM
> Subject: [ZOOARCH] what are they?
>
>
> Dear zooarchers,
>
> We are finishing up our spring Zooarchaeology
> class, and it is down to the last few identifications for
> the student projects. Two of my students have found
> these items (each of them have two, for a total of 4 from
> the site), and I can't figure out what they are.
>
> The site is from Tennessee (Southeastern US), it is a
Mississippian--Thurston Phase
> village complex (w/ several associated mounds), and was excavated
> during a Section 106/Compliance project. All 4 of these items are
> from a large feature, possibly a trash pit.
>
> We have compared these objects to all manner of fish in our
collection,
> as well as the usual suspects, but to no avail.
>
> If you find our case intriguing and would like to view photos of the
> mystery pieces, click on:
>
> http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAN2jZw4bNGrCIA
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to send our way!
>
> Tanya M. Peres, PhD, RPA
> Assistant Director, Program for Archaeological Research
> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
> University of Kentucky
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>
>
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Ruth F. Carden B.Sc.
Zoology Department
National University of Ireland, Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: (+)353-1-7162261
www.ucd.ie/zoology
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