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Pleistocene barnacle goose bone
Identification by Anne Eastham March 2006. A fairly complete right coracoid of a barnacle goose. There is some damage to the bone surface and there is some evidence of root etching on one face of the bone. The bone is a pale yellowish-brown colour.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
86.33H/2.NC261
Find Information
Site Name: Little Hoyle Cave, Penally
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1984
Acquisition
donation, 22/5/1986
Measurements
Length
(mm): 57.2
Width
(mm): 19.0
thickness
(mm): 15.1
Weight
(g): 2.0
Material
Bone
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