I would have said the heel of a young large mammal mandible, probably cattle.
Nerissa Russell
At 9:30 AM -0700 2/12/10, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Looks like the midsection of a cow premaxilla to me, Ed. -- Dr. Deb
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>> Dear Zooarchs:
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>> I have posted four photos (http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo) of a
>> mystery bone for which I would appreciate some identification
>> assistance. It was excavated from a site in the Northern Negev, Israel,
>> and dates to the Iron Age I (1200 - 1000 BCE).
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>> Cheers,
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>> ***************************************
>> Edward F. Maher, Ph.D.
>>
>> Research Associate
>> Department of Anthropology
>> The Field Museum
>> Chicago, IL
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>> National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow
>> W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
>> Jerusalem, Israel
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Nerissa Russell
Department of Anthropology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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