netosols Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hi guys! I recently found this bone in an Island in the Savannah River, really close to Savannah. There where a lot of pottery shards near by with punctuations and patterns so I'm assuming it's some kind of artifact. It measures 7.10" inches the holes are .0011 inches Note the "cut-like" incisions on the broken part and also the two holes (they connect to the inner part of the bone, so if you pour water on one end it will come out of the holes) at first I though they where foramen (where arteries go into the bones) but they look like drilled and most foramen go diagonally into the bone. See for your self! Any comments are welcome! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Not sure about the species, but that's a radius of a large mammal. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 This appears to be the distal end of an artiodactyl tibia. A "double pulley" astragalus articulates with this end. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Eh, woops, you're right, tibia, not radius. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 As for the artifactual nature of the bone, I see nothing that is dispositively man-altered. The two holes are too small to be made to extract marrow. The green bone would not cut like that with a stone tool. If the bone is actually cut, it would be evidence of a crude butchering job by someone with an steel axe. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netosols Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coled18 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I was thinking those may have been holes made by decomposers/parasites CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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