Hello everyone,
I have posted pictures of two South American Camelids' 1st phalanges with which I would like some help. When I identified them I thought they were worked, pierced through and through. I had put the pictures aside to one day ask if anyone had an idea of why this would be done. However, I'm suddenly wondering if these could be pathological instead. I have not yet come across something like that in the literature on pathologies. Any suggestions on what happened to these bones would be welcomed! They are here:
http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/album/show?id=3457517%3AAlbum%3A5092&xg_source=activity
If it is not possible to see the pictures at a high resolution (the originals are quite big), do tell me and I'll post pictures of the holes only. These are the only two pictures I have however, the bones stayed in Bolivia.
Thank you,
Claudine
Claudine Vallières
PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology
McGill University, Montreal
http://sites.google.com/site/mcgillanthro2/claudinevallieres
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