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A. MacGregor 1984, _ Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn : the technology of
skeletal materials since the Roman period._
London: Croom Helm is the reference.
paul courtney
Leicester
Uk
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From: "Keith R Doms" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Bone buttons - understudied artifact?
> As far as what parts of the skeleton are best for recycling into other
> articles, the answer is the metacarples and metatarsals first and then the
> tibias, femurs, humeri, and possibly the radius. These bones have the
> thickest walls and are the densest. The pahlanges could be boiled down
> for glue. Scapulas could be used for buttons and I think I hve seen
> mandibles that have holes from button manufacture but the core of spongy
> tissue would not have contributer to good buttons.
> There is a good book about the Medieval Bone industry that would
> seem useful. Antler, Horn, Bone, & Ivory, by MacGreggor(?).
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