Dear Hannah,
as Sheila said, definitely a sea urchin spine. I had thousands of
them in the material from Mogador, Morocco. I would not dare to tell
the species either. The ones from Morocco were from Paracentrotus
lividus.
Best
Christian
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Am 10.01.2012 um 11:30 schrieb S Hamilton-Dyer:
> Hi, yes sea-urchin but would not like to say which species.
>
> SH-D ArchaeoZoology http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
> On 10/01/2012 06:32, Hannah Russ wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I was wondering if any of you might be able to help identify this
>> 'thing' which was recoverd during excavations at Ruwayda in
>> northern Qatar? I thought perhaps a sea urchin spine?? Any help
>> would be most appreciated.
>>
>> http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo/unknown-item?context=user
>>
>> or
>>
>> http://api.ning.com/files/1anIH4nSIu-
>> EDZtz2P31gQWTeVJC4wwW73YNewpJmaqcI0iBhIJ2CCCBR7rxXC3i7nwZPTrIsDSY0Kg5
>> PWndrx1noSMTQ0-u/IMGP6591.JPG
>>
>> All the best, Hannah
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