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Subject: RE: avian bones get eaten...gnaw marks on artifacts
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:35:25 -0600
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Just this spring we had a family from East Germany over for dinner. The menu
included roast chicken. One of the children aged 8 finished off her leg
piece by cracking the bone and eating the marrow. The funny thing about that
is that it reminded me that it was common, many years ago, in our family
(Slovenian side) among the kids and older relatives, to do the same thing. I
could even remember that there were certain locations on the leg and thigh
bones where it was easier to crack (with your teeth!). We certainly had
abundant food, but the practice was likely left over from my grandmother's
time when her family of twelve did not. Middle class mores, dental care and
orthodontia quickly brought about it's demise.
Jamie Ryan Lockman
Historical Research Associates, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyle E.
Browning
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:56 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: avian bones get eaten...gnaw marks on artifacts
On Aug 30, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Carol Serr wrote:
> So...you are saying that dogs/pigs Don't eat discarded cow, sheep, or
> pig bones?
Sorry, don't see how you could infer that from my post. Of course they eat
them, but as they're more robust, they are less likely to be consumed
entirely.
> I sure thot folks gave their dog "soup bones" to chew on (and they
> bury them)...
Dogs, cats and pigs are the garbagemen of the rural life. One problem I
remember with dogs and chicken bones was that they'd splinter the smaller
ones, causing problems if eaten. So cats got the first crack at chicken
bones, and the dog go the thigh bones.
>
> - - -
> Has anyone else seen tiny gnaw marks on bone buttons, handles
> (toothbrushes) and such...from rodents? I wonder how common this is,
> in dumped refuse?
Rodents, and this would include squirrels, devour bones for calcium.
Deer antlers are consumed very quickly.
>
> Also noticed this on hard rubber 'irrigators' (douche and enema tubes)
> from a privy. The bone, I can see the critters wanting calcium, or
> something...but rubber??
Critter damage is a big problem with underground electricity cables as well.
Lyle Browning
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Lyle E. Browning
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:18 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: avian vs mammal bone deterioration
>>
>> Poultry bones are well appreciated by dogs and pigs. If either were
>> present, then the preservation should approach zero.
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