Hi all,
It looks like we are getting something similar (Over, Cambridgeshire,
Barrows). The work is ongoing, but I clearly remember our osteoarch showing
me all these calcined pin (perforation and all) fragments, clearly
fashioned from sheep/ goat elements. I haven't had a chance yet to have a
proper look, but will see what I can find and send.
All the best,
Vida
On Nov 11 2011, Julia Cussans wrote:
>Hello,
>
> These sound very interesting. One would assume as the bone is worked it
> would have been clean and dry when burnt, as opposed to covered in flesh
> like I guess the rest of the bone was. Could this be the cause for the
> difference in bone cracking (possibly associated with moisture content)?
> Has anyone done any work on this?
>
>Julia
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jacqui Mulville
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Sheep tibia pins/gouges in Cremations
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> Zooarchers,
>
> I have just looked at a group of cremations from the entrance graves on
> the Isles of Scilly for a RC dating project (probably Bronze Age - but no
> dates) and we found a number of small sheep tibia gouges/pins. These were
> from tiny individuals, a number had the distal end intact with the shaft
> worked to an open point. The artefacts were calcined. They accompanied
> four cremations in one tomb with a number more recorded from another (the
> majority of tomb contents from the isles are unfortunately lost). Does
> anyone know of parallels?
>
> One individual was accompanied by faience and glass beads. The burning
> of the pins/gouges suggests they were burnt with the individuals, however
> they were much less fragmented than the human bone? Were they treated
> differently? Were they dress pins?
>
> Any sheep/human cremation parallels from prehistory welcome.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Small pic of one pin/gouge on facebook page -
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> http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=260206660697897&set=pu.253287838056446&type=1&theater
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> Jacqui Mulville (PhD),
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