Old bone or just recent?

[silvereel]

This eroded out of the ground following a heavy rain at a rock shelter site I frequent (Archaic to Mississippian material). I don't really know anything about bone artifacts, so I'm wondering A., what this is, and B., whether it is old or just a recent piece of bone?

[OnewiththewilD]

Looks fairly fresh to me , I’m fairly versed in bones and what part of the critter they went to, but I’m kinda stumped on that?! It’s definitly bone though I agree

[willjo]

Looks a lot like a hog tusk

[clovisoid]

I completely agree.

[silvereel]

I think hog tusk is right now that I look at it. I’m in Georgia, so hogs have been around since the mid 1500s; how do you date something like this? I’ve seen bone tools that were brown and decayed and some that were white and fresh looking.