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Latest addition : Wednesday 17 October 2007

This section, initially created like support for the mailing list Zooarch, is opened today for all people which have a mystery to elucidate. You can post photographs, images, or drawings of rather good quality to allow our visitors to propose determinations and/or interpretations.

Instructions :
To place an image you must first create a message in this page (see full instructions below).
The picture can be included in the body of the message as long as it is no wider than 600 pixels. Higher resolution images can be add as an attached file (at the bottom of the page).
Then you must wait for your article to be validated (published) by one of the administrators so that it can be seen on the public interface.
Dental Fragment - Obodas, Petra
Wednesday 17 October 2007, by Carine Tomé
Here is a tooth fragment along 22 millimeters found in the faunal material of the "Obodas chapel" in Petra. This might suggest a tooth fragment of an elephant, but that determination seems unsatisfactory. Outside this mysterious fragment, material is mainly composed of remains from Caprinae, Equidae and Camelidae, so nothing very exotic ... Many thanks in advance to help me to clarify this mystery. Carine Many thanks to Sheila (and the rest of the mailing-list Zooarch) for helping (...)
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Phalanx to determine
Tuesday 20 February 2007, by Vianney Forest
Thank you to help us to the determination of this phalanx!
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Cortical bone thickness & species ID
Monday 10 July 2006, by Adrienne Powell
Forum 06 Area 1, SF #568, ctx 334 2nd C AD A wedge-shaped piece of bone measuring 82.2mm x 24.8mm x 16.1mm, probably a piece from towards the end of a very large long bone as the wide end shows remnants of cancellous bone on what would have been the internal surface and the end on view also shows cancellous bone. It has been worked on all surfaces, photos show what I guess are file or saw marks, but at the wider end enough remains of the original external surface to show that it was (...)
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Navicular disease
Monday 12 June 2006, by Ian L. Baxter
The central and 3rd tarsals on the same side (left) are ankylosed with unaffected articular sufaces (spavin). distal sesamoid, horse, pathological ? Please answer on zooarch
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How to write and submit ?
Tuesday 31 May 2005, by J.H. Yvinec, Umberto Albarella
1. You must register on the homepage at the bottom of the left column : type your name, which will be used to sign your messages and emails. A few minutes later you will receive an email with your login and password. 2. Click on Ecrire (write), in the upper headband of the pages. In the connection window, type your login and password. Submit. 3. You are now in the redacting interface. If your language is not recognized, please choose it from the list which appears in the coloured band in (...)
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