Dog Vertebra (DB8B.2vL1)

Dog Vertebra Location: Broad Reach site (31CR218), Carteret County, North Carolina. Period: Middle to Late Woodland, Hanover and White Oak phases (ca. AD 200-1500). Material: dog bone (lumbar vertebra). Dimensions: body length, 25.1; body width, 19.5; body height, 13.0 mm; greatest height, 39.2.* Notes: First lumbar vertebra from a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) exhibiting a bent spinous process and irregular spinous process tuberosity, pathological changes that may have resulted from hauling heavy loads on the back. This vertebra is from Dog Burial 8B, an older adult female dog, excavated in 2006 by TRC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For additional information, contact Dr. Heather Lapham ([e-mail]), Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and visit http://archaeology.sites.unc.edu/home/rla/research/zooarchaeology-at-the-broad-reach-site/. *Measurements follow von den Driesch (1976:72-73; PL, BFcr, HFcr, and H). Model by Model by Chris LaMack. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab