Whalebone Board-game Piece (IMAGE) Uppsala University Caption Left: a board-game piece made from whalebone at the end of the 6th century CE, found in Gnistahögen near Uppsala, Sweden (photograph by Bengt Backlund, Uppland County Museum). Right: the bone structure of the gaming piece compared with reference bone from minke whale (photograph by Rudolf Gustavsson, Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis, SAU). Credit Bengt Backlund/Rudolf Gustavsson Usage Restrictions May only be published in connection to reports about the research by Hennius, Gustavsson, Ljungkvist and Spindler. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.