Thursday 3 January 2013

Magnetic bone and wood

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Images 1 to 4 show a piece of fossil wood, this piece easily pulled a rare earth magnet.
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All of the mineralised bones shown in image 5 easily pulled a rare earth magnet. but when i attempted to do the same using a none rare earth magnet of the same shape and size, the bone did not pull the magnet.

 

My own ideas as to why the bones attract and pull the rare earth magnet, are either that the animals the bones belonged to somehow managed to absorb the magnetic material while eating, or the bones themselves absorbed the magnetic material after burial.

 
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Wednesday 2 January 2013

New finds Stainsby beck


Images 1 to 3 show a Horse skull piece, this at least the second horse skull from this location

 
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Images 4 to 6 show a Horse Humerus showing no butcher marks or signs of attention from scavengers.
 
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Images 7 shows the rear skull piece from an as yet unknown animal
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Images 8 to 10 show a Horse upper tooth
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Images 11 to 15 show a Bos Cubonavicular Metapodial worn on one side.
 
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Images 16 to 17 show an as yet unknown pelvis piece.

 
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Images 18 to 20 show a rib piece from an as yet unknown large Mammal.
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Again i can find no evidence of attention from Humans predators or scavengers, on the surface of these bones. 






 
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Sunday 30 December 2012

Stainsby beck

 Horse metacarpal images 1 to 3


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Image 4 shows another Horse Metacarpal but the joint surface differs i think this could be an age thing.
 
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Bos Mandible piece images 5 to 9
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This Bos Mandible weighs 300 grams and when held feels like stone.
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I believe it to be a section of Auroch Mandible.
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For more info and images of mineralised bone found at this location please click the link below
Human and animal fossil bones found so far at Sta...


 
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Saturday 29 December 2012