Alan K. Outram wrote:
>Yes, I have seen this before. I particular I remember seeing it in
several early post-medieval contexts in Iceland, but I've seen other
odd cases. What I remember are clear deliberately drilled holes, but I
also remember a second hole in the shaft near the distal end.
I have two cattle first phalanges (18th cent. tannery site in Dublin) where
this has occurred. I seem to recall drilled holes in sheep/goat metapodials,
but can't remember which site.
/Lena
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