Hi Christian,
Smooth, well-defined lesions on bone are fairly typical of long-standing, or slow-developing processes such as infection (abcess) I believe.
Cheers,
Ariane
Dr. Ariane Burke, Professeure Titulaire,
Universite de Montreal, Departement d'Anthropologie,
C.P. 6128, Centre-Ville,
Montreal, QC,
Canada H3C 3J7
http://archeozoologie.anthro.umontreal.ca/
<http://archeozoologie.anthro.umontreal.ca/>
Laboratoire d'archeologie prehistorique
Institut J.-A. Forel, Sciences de la Terre,
Universite de Geneve
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An abcess was also my first thought, or some other kind of pathology. But then the depression seems quite regular, with smooth surfaces, which is odd...
Christian
Christian Gates St-Pierre, PhD
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Département d'anthropologie
Université de Montréal
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Abcess?
Fiona
Fiona Beglane PhD
Animal Bone Specialist
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Donegal, Ireland
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Mystery depression on a phalange
Dear Zooarchers,
I would like to get your opinion about a mystery "hole" on a bone.
I found a phalange from a pig (abbaxial phalange 1) with a small circular (very) regular) depression (not a hole in fact as the medular cavity is not reached) on the plantar side. This depression seems to be non-anthropic and likely occured when the animal was style alive? Have you ever seen thing like this? Do you have any idea about what it could be?
It is from a medieval site in eastern France.
Please find the pictures from the links below:
or on Zoobook (http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/forum/topics/mystery-depression-on-a-phalange)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ybdjz1xJAbQWFqZ1ZyNWxWWVE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ybdjz1xJAbR0phaTd3Z3FwejQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ybdjz1xJAbUHB1UV9nTjhhdms/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ybdjz1xJAbZXdsd2pndWxNYjQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ybdjz1xJAbRE85TWtSbnJLNk0/view?usp=sharing
Thank you very much for your help!
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Charlotte Leduc
Archéozoologue
Inrap Grand-Est Nord - 12 rue de Méric - 57063 Metz
UMR 8215 - Trajectoires. De la sédentarisation à l'État.
Tél. : 03-87-16-42-15 / 07-62-01-27-69
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