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Beware! Much of Silver's data has been discredited. See e.g. Payne, S. 1984. The use of early 19th century data in ageing cattle mandibles from archaeological sites, and the relationship between the eruption of M3 and P4. Circaea, 2, 77-82. And other papers by Payne and Legge Dale Dale Serjeantson Archaeology University of Southampton [log in to unmask] www.southampton.ac.uk/archaeology/about/staff/dale.page On 15/02/2016 23:48, "Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites on behalf of Haskel Greenfield" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >My memory is that Silver includes this in his 1969 summary. It is a >classic. >Best >Haskel > >Haskel Greenfield >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 15, 2016, at 3:50 PM, Lena Strid <[log in to unmask]> >>wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> Is there any information on when the endplates of cattle vertebrae fuse >>to the vertebral body? Ideally detailed down to cervical/thoracic/lumbar >>groups. I have from a single Iron Age pit at least four articulated >>spines (atlas - sacrum) in various stage of fusion* and I would like to >>age them better than "sub-adult - adult". >> >> With thanks, >> Lena >> Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open >>Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit >>http://iso26300.info for more information. >> >> This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net