Remains found at archaeological sites suggest that the inhabitants used a method of divination based on interpreting the crack patterns formed in heated cattle bones.

The authorities at first vaguely claimed that these might be cattle bones.

Finds included pottery, charcoal, coal, slag, tiles, cattle bones and fired clay.

Hundreds of little asphalt springs dotted the area where cattle bones could be seen caught in the black seepage.

Amazon fish ribs are so big they could easily pass for cattle bones.

Human skeletons, cattle bones and some pottery were discovered in the chamber when it was excavated in 1888.

Large amounts of cattle bone were also discovered, suggesting butchery to supply the London market.

In contemporary times, hei matau are commonly carved from cattle bone.

Does the Commission believe that cattle bones present risks and have to be banned?

One combines a carved stone head with white legs that look like ivory but are actually cut from cattle bones.