I would definitely agree - I don't have a female cranium in my collection, and thus had passed on pig based on what material and references I did have, but upon further research with everyone's suggestions it does indeed appear to be an unerupted, unworn female maxillary canine.
Cheers all, and thank you for the help,
Kevin
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I agree with Anne and Fiona. It's definitely the from a female pig.
Brittany Hill
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Hi Kevin,
It cannot be anything else than an upper canine tooth of a female Suidae.
Best wishes
Anne Birgitte
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Emne: Re: [ZOOARCH] Large UID canine from colonial-period Virginia site
Hi Kevin
Is it not the maxillary canine from a female pig? That's what it looks like to me but maybe I'm misinterpreting the photos.
Hope this helps
Fiona
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Large UID canine from colonial-period Virginia site
Dear all,
Please find through this link<http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1850> at BoneCommons of a large, unworn, and well-preserved canine (I believe) from a mid- to late-colonial African slave structure in northern Virginia, USA. The assemblage dates to roughly the 1740s at this site, situated near the Potomac River near present-day Alexandria, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.
The tooth measures roughly 12.2 mm in length and 6.5 mm in width, with a total height from the well-preserved base of the root to the crown of 30.6. I've sent some photos out to a large zooarchaeology lab, as well as spending some time with the collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but have yet to pin down the origin of this tooth. The rest of the assemblage is standard fair for the mid-Atlantic coastal plain during this period: domestic livestock, white-tailed deer, poultry, small-game mammals, fresh-water fish, and oysters. This tooth is decidedly not from domestic ungulates or deer, yet its size is intriguing.
I apologize for the fidelity of the photos, but would welcome any comments or suggestions!
Again, the BoneCommons page is:
http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1850
Cheers,
Kevin
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Kevin S. Gibbons, M.Sc., RPA
Archeologist
Thunderbird Archeology
A division of Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.
5300 Wellington Branch Drive, Suite 100
Gainesville, Virginia 20155
Phone: 703.679.5695
Mobile: 703.232.7310
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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