Carved Bone Database

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

2.16

Width (cm)

1.32

Thickness (cm)

0.37

6 pieces; carved with 2 wide grooves 0.2cm wide & 0.68cm apart

002

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

2.00

Width (cm)

0.87

Thickness (cm)

0.37

1 incised groove, 0.18cm in width

003

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

2.45

Width (cm)

0.82

Thickness (cm)

0.28

Deep incised groove, 0.16cm; 0.05cm thickness & 0.25cm; thickest bone

004

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

1.10

Width (cm)

1.10

Thickness (cm)

0.23

Broken at groove on either end

005

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

2.22

Width (cm)

1.15

Thickness (cm)

0.30

One groove crossways, broken at groove; 3 fragments

006

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Polished bone

Type of bone

Possibly human (ulna?)

Length (cm)

4.50

Width (cm)

1.17

Thickness (cm)

0.54

Exterior smoothed and polished; eroded

0266

Comments

Fragments of carved long bone tube.

007

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Smoothed bone

Type of bone

Possibly human

Length (cm)

3.21

Width (cm)

0.92

Thickness (cm)

0.50

Smoothed to point on one end; interior smoothed and grooved; no markings; eroded

008

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Rib piece

Length (cm)

2.40

Width (cm)

1.00

Thickness (cm)

0.47

With worked bone; no markings, eroded

009

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Humerus(?)

Length (cm)

2.24

Width (cm)

1.48

Thickness (cm)

0.67

With worked bone; no markings, eroded

010

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Scapula

Length (cm)

3.78

Width (cm)

1.54

Thickness (cm)

0.57

Cut mark on exterior; flat scar on end; eroded

011

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Ulna or radius

Length (cm)

4.56

Width (cm)

1.44

Thickness (cm)

0.62

Smoothed on one side

0270

Comments

Long bone fragment carved into a tube with two circumferential grooves.

012

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Femur

Length (cm)

6.25

Width (cm)

3.37

Thickness (cm)

1.10

2 bones fit together; have hole drilled; broken at drill hole; diameter = 0.84cm; hole drilled outside in; smoothed on 2 long sides

0273

Comments

Seven fragments of carved bone.

013

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

2.38

Width (cm)

1.14

Thickness (cm)

0.32

Carved bone with groove

014

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

4.92

Width (cm)

1.50

Thickness (cm)

0.45

Carved with deep groove; broken on end at groove; groove around sideways in 2 pieces

0272

Comments

Long bone fragment carved into a tube with a circumferential groove.

015

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

3.65

Thickness (cm)

0.33

Ribbed grooves, incised on end (1 of many)

016

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

3.69

Width (cm)

1.32

Thickness (cm)

0.24

Incised incurved lines (3); smooth rounded end

017

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

3.60

Rounded on both ends; 2 incised lines, grooves 0.5cm & 0.9cm from end

0270

Comments

Long bone fragment carved into a tube with two circumferential grooves.

018

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

3.15

Width (cm)

1.50

Thickness (cm)

0.40

3 deep grooves, 0.13cm; incurved sides, rounded ends; 0.3cm from end, separated 1.0cm; polished

0269

Comments

Fragment of a long bone shaped into a tube and carved with deep circumferential grooves.

019

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

1.87

Width (cm)

0.95

Thickness (cm)

0.26

Incurved rounded lines 0.34cm apart, rounded from grooves; polished

020

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

1.60

Width (cm)

1.32

Thickness (cm)

0.20

Rounded end, incised lines in scallop pattern; polished

0267

Comments

Tubular long bone carved with a scallop design.

021

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Type of bone

Adult humerus or immature femur

Thickness (cm)

0.45

3 deep grooves 0.3cm wide, 0.15cm deep; incurved on longbones, broken at groove on each end, thinned on long end

0271

Comments

Long bone fragment carved into a tube with two circumferential grooves.

022

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Bone awl

Type of bone

Bird(?)

Length (cm)

3.67

Width (cm)

0.63

Thickness (cm)

0.26

Polished bone with groove; pointed end

0276

Comments

Tip of a bone needle found in a midden.

023

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Knife handle

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

6.25

Width (cm)

1.70

Thickness (cm)

1.00

Smoothed indentions for fingers; indentions 0.6 cm apart and 0.25 wide

0275

Comments

Carved deer antler from a midden.

024

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Zone(s)

Subzone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex

Object

Worked bone

Type of bone

Unknown

Length (cm)

1.52

Width (cm)

1.74

Thickness (cm)

0.28

Incised on one side; 2 long lines on 1 side; broken

025

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Zone(s)

Deposit type

Ceramic complex