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Whale baleen, possibly from bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Possibly from an archaeological context.

Could these SEM images of micro-fauna be fish or rodent teeth ?

This poster was presented at the 2012 Society for American Archaeology conference in Memphis, TN.

Has anyone seen a similar item? I am working on a small collection of animal bones from an Iron Age site in Central Asia. I found part of some worked bone objects in one of the bags. As you can see from the photos, I have two cattle mandibles that…

During an Excavation of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetry last year i excavated the remains of what appears to be a possible Anglo-Saxon horse burial. As i am investigating this burial as part of my dissertation i noticed two connecting holes on the right side…

A colleague needs help figuring out what might have caused the extra bone growth. Is it some form of osteoperiostitis?

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This image shows the cranium of some mammal that has been basically sliced and left in the baulk of an excavation trench by the team who investigated this site before us. This skull been interpreted by non-specialist archaeologists as being from a…