About the Authors

Aimée Little

aimee.little@york.ac.uk

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Benjamin Elliott

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Chantal Conneller

Affiliation School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Diederik Pomstra

Affiliation Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Adrian A. Evans

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Laura C. Fitton

Affiliations BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom, Hull York Medical School, York, United Kingdom

Andrew Holland

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Robert Davis

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Rachel Kershaw

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Sonia O’Connor

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Terry O’Connor

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Thomas Sparrow

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Andrew S. Wilson

Affiliation School of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Peter Jordan

Affiliation Arctic centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Matthew J. Collins

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

André Carlo Colonese

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Oliver E. Craig

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Rebecca Knight

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Alexandre J. A. Lucquin

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Barry Taylor

Affiliation Department of History and Archaeology, Department, Chester, United Kingdom

Nicky Milner

Affiliation BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL BE DP CC NM. Performed the experiments: AL BE DP ACC OEC AJAL. Analyzed the data: AL BE DP CC TO ACC OEC AJAL BK NM. Wrote the paper: AL BE CC AAE ASW PJ MJC OEC NM. Directed fieldwork and oversaw the recovery of the artefact: NM CC BT. Collected and processed scanning and photographic data: AAE LCF AH RD RK SO TS ASW.