| Title: |
Bones from the General Accident Site, Tanner Row |
| Series: |
The Archaeology of York
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| Volume: |
1515/2
(2)
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| Publication Type: |
Monograph Chapter (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Nearly 20 000 bones of Roman and med date were studied, including samples obtained by sieving. They give evidence of systematic butchery on a commercial scale during late 2nd-early 3rd century, with beef (including smoked/cured joints) predominating. Very young lambs and piglets were also slaughtered. House mouse, black rat, and garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus L), the latter probably imported from the Continent as a delicacy. Medieval bones were mixed domestic and craft/industrial debris, with goat horncores prominent. A large assemblage of frog bones was studied biometrically. A late Roman deposit of fish bones would suggest the production of fish sauce at St Mary Bishophill Junior, while the Rougier St medieval deposits showed a concentration on cod and similar fish. |
| Author: |
Terry P O'Connor
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| Editor: |
Peter V Addyman
V E Black
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| Publisher: |
York Archaeology
Council for British Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1988
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| ISBN: |
0 906780 78 0 |
| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1988
Editorial Expansion:
The Archaeology of York, Vol. 15, fasc. 2
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Relations: |
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
