Dear All,
Many thanks for all your suggestions! I very much appreciate your advice. A friend in the human osteoarchaeology dept. here at Bradford has just loaned me a portable lightweight folding osteometric board (I did not know these existed), but I will most definately be keeping a measuring tape and graph paper etc with me for future occasions.
Thanks again!
Best regards
Jen
--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Lee G. Broderick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Lee G. Broderick <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Measurement Method Query
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 1:01 PM
> Jen,
>
> Presumably if you have a tape measure you can improvise
> something
> approaching an osteometric board using two blocks, such as
> thickish hard
> back books (or even one and a fixed object such as a wall).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lee G. Broderick. BA (Hons), MSc
> Zooarchaeologist
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jen Wooding
> Sent: 24 February 2009 12:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Measurement Method Query
>
> Dear All,
>
> Can anybody provide me with advice/tips on the best and
> most accurate way to
> take GL measurements of large animal (predominantly cattle
> and horse) long
> bones in the absence of an osteometric board? Obviously my
> small calipers
> are out of the question. Is it ok to use a tape measure
> making sure the
> correct anatomical points are measured? or is there some
> other way?
>
> Thank you for your advice in advance, it is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Best regards
> Jen
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