There must have been a flourishing trade in ivory back then. Imagine that supply chain!
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Replying to @RedCosmonaut @DLVLK and
Irrespective of the casket, there definitely was: over 100 elephant ivory rings from early Anglo-Saxon England, plus AS finds from Tanzania…
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @RedCosmonaut and
Some of it walrus ivory, though, surely?
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Replying to @holland_tom @RedCosmonaut and
Def no problem w/ some, but elephant ivory often thought more likely for rings & what analysis there is of early AS ivory supports :)
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen @holland_tom and
E.g. Empingham cem, 7 of 9 identified as elephant ivory cut from base of the tusk; same source for ivory on buckle from Mt Pleasant, Kent.
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