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Pleistocene barnacle goose bone
Identification by Anne Eastham March 2006. The left carpometacarpal of a barnacle goose. The end andmost of the shaft of the bone are present. It is stained a brown colour and has evidence of root etching on its surface.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
86.33H/2.NC115
Find Information
Site Name: Little Hoyle Cave, Penally
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
donation, 22/5/1986
Measurements
Length
(mm): 42.4
Width
(mm): 9.7
thickness
(mm): 5.7
Weight
(g): 1.4
Material
Bone
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