Fig. 3: Whale bone harpoon socket pieces. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Whale bone harpoon socket pieces.

From: Molecular and zooarchaeological identification of 5000 year old whale-bone harpoons in coastal Brazil

Fig. 3: Whale bone harpoon socket pieces.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Harpoon socket pieces from Conquista, identified as southern right whale (A—Col. Tiburtius 8384, B—Col. Tiburtius 6837) and cetacean (C—Col. Tiburtius 7710 and D— Col. Tiburtius 5586, neither analysed with ZooMS). Photos and illustrations (created using Inkscape 1.2.1) by the authors.

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