#iscicomm — Public Fediverse posts

I asked and was given permission by the Museum staff, to start a full reassessment and (re)identification of all caves’ bones using up to date zooarchaeological recording techniques and creating a unique catalogue of all the bones. And so, the #IrishCaveBones project began… from just a few empty tables in the museum’s stores to tables filled with bones and fragments. #IrishCaveBones #iSciComm #SciCommIE #iSci .... more tomorrow :) (or later today... my natural night owl is showing!)

Back in 2007/8, during research access to the National Museum of Ireland collections for the origins of Irish red deer project (published Carden et al., 2012 bit.ly/3g2CRhm), to the antiquarian archived animal bones excavation from many different Irish caves which were excavated during late 1800s to mid-1900s, I saw mis-identified red deer bones. These were labelled as pig, sheep, horse and reindeer bones. #IrishCaveBones #iSciComm #SciCommIE #iSci