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ABSTRACT
Supratrochlear foramina (STF) were recorded in fifteen per cent of goat and sheep/goat humeri from the New Kingdom pharaonic town of Amara West, in modern northern Sudan. To the authors’ knowledge, this trait has never before been reported in the published literature for goats or sheep, whether from archaeological or modern contexts. The aim of this work is twofold: to contribute to the growing corpus of studies addressing the incidence and aetiology of STF, and to raise awareness for their possible presence in caprines, thus encouraging their identification and recording in archaeological assemblages.
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums [Sudan] for permitting the export of faunal material for analysis. We also wish to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes on contributors
Dr Eleanor Williams is a Lecturer in Archaeology at Canterbury Christ Church University. She specialises in human osteology and zooarchaeology with particular interests in funerary archaeology, medieval archaeology, and faunal foodways.
Dr Jaco Weinstock is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, specialising in Zooarchaeology. One of Jaco's main research interests is in the application of ancient DNA techniques to the problems of phylogenetics, phylogeography, and extinction of Pleistocene mammals.
Dr Neal Spencer is Keeper of the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum. His research interests include thirtieth dynasty Egypt, non-royal construction initiatives, Ramesside Nubia and Nile Delta archaeology. Since 2008, Neal has directed the British Museum fieldwork at Amara West, northern Sudan.