Deer humerus bone
- Description
- Red deer were plentiful in Devon after the Ice Ages. Their meat would have provided food, their hides clothing, and antler was essential for making tools. This bone was found at the Mesolithic site at Westward Ho! in Devon.
- Accession Loan No.
- 42/2003/21HB
- Simple Name
- faunal bone
- Full Name
- humerus
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Common Name
- deer humerus bone
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Contintent
- Europe
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Town
- Westward Ho!
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Site Name
- Westward Ho!
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole 140 ; whole 80 ; whole 90
- Created At
- 2016-10-13 15:45:36
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:42:40
