"site id","name of site","county","National Grid Reference Sheet number","National Grid Reference Eastings","National Grid Reference Northings","altitude (m asl)","predominant geology/soil type","period (broad date range)","date (detail)","method of recovery","preservation","gnawing","author","year","publication reference","site notes","location of archive and assemblage" 1,"Maiden Castle","Dorset","SY","669","885",130,"Chalk","multiperiod","neolithic - medieval","hand + sieved","good","moderate","Armour-Chelu","1991","Armour-Chelu M. 1991. The faunal remains. In N Sharples Maiden Castle: Excavations and Field Survey 1985-1986. English Heritage Archaeological Report 19: 139-151. London","bones brittle resulting in a lot of recent fragmentation (rejoined where possible). Gnawing more common in Iron Age levels (5%) than causewayed enclosure (2.5%) or bank barrow (0.5%).","Faunal remains at Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. Archive on magnetic tape at AML, English Heritage" 2,"La Sagesse","Hampshire","SU","35","21",12,"unspecified","Bronze Age - Iron Age","LBA/EIA","hand + sieved","good","low","Bourdillon","1990","Bourdillon J. 1990. The Animal Bones from La Sagesse (The Presbytery) 1988, Romsey, Hampshire. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 106/90","Material all from possible midden deposits in a prehistoric stream channel of the River Test, filled in with calcareous tufa deposits. Sieved samples suggest hand recovered counts are reliable. Bones dumped directly.","Faunal remains stored with Hampshire Museum Servive. Archive copies held at Test Valley Archaeological Trust and Faunal Remains Unit, University of Southampton." 3,"Wittenham Clumps","Oxfordshire","SU","566","926",110,"unspecified","Bronze Age - Iron Age","LBA-EIA","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Carter","1979","Carter H H. 1979. Animal Bones. In R Hingley, Excavations by R A Rutland on an Iron Age site at Wittenham Clumps. Berkshire Archaeolical Journal 70: 21-55","Report concerns excavations of Iron Age settlement outside the ramparts of the Iron Age hillfort (not the hillfort itself). In Berkshire when first excavated, now in Oxfordshire.","Site notes/excavation records in Reading Museum" 4,"The Rumps","Cornwall","SW","934","812",70,"Slate","Iron Age","100BC-AD100","unspecified","poor","low","Chaplin & Coy","1964","Chaplin R & Coy J. 1964. Report on the animal bones. In R Brooks, The Rumps, St Minver: Interim report on the 1963 excavations. Cornish Archaeology 3: 31-34","excavations of the ramparts and ditches of the cliff castle. Although considered in pottery report to be Cornish Early Iron Age, date should be considered LIA in general Southern British terms.","Royal Institution of Cornwall" 5,"Bicester Fields Farm","Oxfordshire","SP","592","222",69,"Clay","prehistoric","mesolithic, late neolithic/EBA & IA","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","heavy","Charles","1999","Charles B. 2000. The Animal Bone. In A M Cromarty, The excavation of a Late Iron Age enclosed settlement at Bicester Fields Farm, Bicester, Oxon. Oxoniensia 64: 201-222","some earlier prehistoric flint scatters but main settlement evidence is MIA-LIA. Some possible roman activity (? Field systems) plus later ploughing. Spatial differences in levels of gnawing damage - generally more gnawing further from centre of site.","Archive deposited with Oxfordshire Museum Service (OXCMS 1998.94). Microfilm copy of paper archive aslo with National Archaeological Record RCHME, Swindon." 6,"Quarry Field, Compact Farm","Dorset","SY","975","778",140,"Limestone","Iron Age-Roman","EIA & C1st BC-C2nd AD","unspecified","unspecified","moderate","Clark","2002","Clark K M. 2002. Animal and Bird Bone. In A H Graham, D A Hinton & D P S Peacock, The Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in Quarry Field, South of Compact Farm, Worth Matravers, Dorset. In D A Hinton (ed) Purbeck Papers. University of Southampton Department of Archaeology Monograph 4: 59-67.","gnawing varies according to location: less gnawing in roundhouse stuctures, more gnawing in outside areas and midden deposits.","archive and artefacts stored at the Dorset County Museum." 7,"Bury Wood Camp","Wiltshire","ST","817","740",140,"Limestone","Iron Age",,"unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Coy","1969","Coy J 1969. Report on the animal bones from the north-east and north-west entrances. In G King, Bury Wood Camp: Excavations in the north-east and north-west areas. Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine 64: 47-48","faunal remains also recovered from earlier excavations at site - this report covers northeast & northwest entrances. As yet no combined report of IA fauna found in published record.","archive held at Devises Museum. Copy of archive with English Heritage NMR Excavation Index for England" 8,"Groundwell Farm","Wiltshire","SU","157","889",125,"Coral Rag","Iron Age","C5th-3rd BC","hand + sieved","poor","moderate","Coy","1982","Coy J. 1982. The animal bones. In C Gingel, Excavation of an Iron Age Enclosure at Groundwell Farm, Blunsdon St Andrew, 1976-7. Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine 76: 68-72","severe erosion of bones and high proportion of eroded fragments compared to other wessex sites - this might obscure butchery and gnawing marks. Gnawing may also have compounded erosion problem.","Finds and records deposited in Swindon Museum." 9,"Micheldever Wood","Hampshire","SU","527","370",111,"Clay with Flint","Iron Age-Roman","E/MIA-LRB","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","moderate","Coy","1987","Coy J. 1987. Animal bones. In P J Fasham A Banjo enclosure in Micheldever Wood, Hampshire. Hampshire Field Club Monograph 5: 45-53","gnawing noted on 2.3% of phase 2 (MIA) bones and 2.8% of phase 3/4 (LIA-RB) bones. Variation of prevalence of ivoried, burnt, gnawed & butchered bone across the site discussed in detail in the report. Most ivoried bones are from pits.","Archive, field records and finds deposited with Hampshire County Museum Service. Copy of microfiche archive housed with National Monuments Record." 10,"Ower","Dorset","SZ","000","860",3,"unspecified","Iron Age-Roman","C1st-C4th AD","hand collected","poor","unspecified","Coy","1987","Coy J. 1987. The animal bones. In P J Woodward The excavation of a Late Iron Age settlement and Romano-British industrial site at Ower, Dorset. Romano-British industries in Purbeck. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Monograph 6: 114-118",,"Original archive anf finds deposited at Poole Museum. Microfiche copies of archive are located at The National Monuments Record; Trust for Wessex Archaeology; and Dorset County Museum." 11,"Rope Lake Hole","Dorset","SY","932","777",61,"unspecified","multiperiod","E/MIA-C2nd/3rd AD + early medieval c12thAD","hand collected","good","heavy","Coy","1987","Coy J. 1987. The animal bones and marine molluscs. In P J Woodward The excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British settlement at Rope Lake Hole, Corfe Castle, Dorset. Romano-British Industries in Purbeck. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Monograph 6: 125-180.","21% of assemblage gnawed. Very little erosion. High proportion of ivoried bones. Report (& therefore this record) lumps IA & RB material together for most assemblage observations but some separate details given for each phase.","Original archive and finds deposited at Dorset County Museum. Microfiche copies of archive are located at The National Monuments Record and Trust for Wessex Archaeology." 12,"Easton Down R7","Hampshire","SU","495","313",67,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","c.1400/1500BC-EIA","unspecified","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Coy & Winder","1976","Coy J & Winder J. 1976. Animal Bone from a Bronze Age Barrow and Iron Age Pits at Easton Down: Site R7, M3 Motorway Archaeological Rescue Committee. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 2070","bone surfaces generally quite eroded but some large and measurable fragments, therefore authors rate assemblage as fairly well preserved.","Finds and archive deposited with Hampshire County Museum Service (Accession Number A 1978 21)." 13,"Runnymede Bridge","Berkshire","TQ","018","718",13,"Sand & gravel","Bronze Age","LBA","unspecified","good","moderate","Done","1980","Done G. 1980. The animal bone. In D Longley, Runnymede Bridge 1976: Excavations on the Site of a Late Bronze Age Settlement. Surrey Archaeological Society: 74-79","1976 excavations, Areas 1-2. NB Several different excavations carried out in different seasons in other nearby areas at the site of Runnymede Bridge - these are treated as separate sites/assemblages for the purposes of this Regional Review Database.","Paper/microfilm archive: location Berkshire County Council Sites and Monuments Record, British Museum Artefact archive: location British Museum, Guildford Museum" 14,"Runnymede Bridge","Berkshire","TQ","018","718",15,"Sand & gravel","prehistoric","mesolithic, neolithic, LBA","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Done","1991","Done G, 1991. The animal bones. In Needham S & Longley D, Excavation and Salvage at Runnymede Bridge, Berkshire, 1978. London: British Museum Press: 327-344","1978 excavations, Areas 4-8. NB Several different excavations carried out in different seasons in other nearby areas at the site of Runnymede Bridge - these are treated as separate sites/assemblages for the purposes of this Regional Review Database.","Paper/microfilm archive: location Berkshire County Council Sites and Monuments Record, British Museum, Surrey County Council Conservation and Archaeology Section Artefact archive: location British Museum" 15,"Runnymede Bridge","Berkshire","TQ","018","718",15,"Sand & gravel","prehistoric","neolithic, LBA","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","heavy","Serjeantson","1996","Serjeantson D. 1996. The animal bones. In Needham S & Spence T, Refuse and Disposal at Area 16 East Runnymede: Runnymede Bridge Research Excavations, Volume 2. London: British Museum Press: 195-223","preservation good for neolithic assemblage. For LBA assemblage preservation very good in deep deposits but poor near surface: trend of good to poor preservation from bottom to top of sequence.","animal bones archive and remains stored at the British Museum. Copy of animal bone archive also at Faunal Remains Unit, Southampton." 17,"Dibble's Farm","Somerset","ST","3840","5757",20,"unspecified","Iron Age","E/MIA","unspecified","good","moderate","Gamble","1988","Gamble C. 1988. The Animal Bones. In E L Morris. The Iron Age Occupation at Dibble?s Farm, Christon. Somerset Archaeology and Natural History 132: 45-55.","gnawing and retrieval biases, but surface preservation generally good with very little weathering. Report limited due to loss of parts of excavation archive (site notebooks, plans, sections etc).","Artefact archive: location Woodspring Museum Weston Super Mare" 18,"Danebury","Hampshire","SU","324","377",140,"Chalk","Iron Age","c. C5th-C1st BC","hand + sieved","very good","unspecified","Grant","1984","Grant A. 1984. Animal bones. In B W Cunliffe Danebury: an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire. Vol. 2: the excavations 1969-78: the finds. CBA Research Report 52(2): 496-547. London.","1969-78 excavations (later excavations: separate site record). Assemblage dates based on ceramic phases. Danebury CP dates may have been revised since 1984 report, but 1984 dates adhered to here. Sieving experiments show bias against small bones/species.","Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford, National Monuments Record Centre Artefact archive: location Hampshire County Museum Service, Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 19,"Danebury","Hampshire","SU","324","377",140,"Chalk","Iron Age","c. C5th-C1st BC","hand + sieved","very good","unspecified","Grant","1991","Grant A. 1991. Animal bones. In B Cunliffe and C Poole Danebury: an Iron Age hillfort in Hampshire. Vol. 5: the excavations 1979-88: the finds. CBA Research Report 73: 47-87. London.","1979-88 excavations (earlier excavations: separate site record). Assemblage dates based on ceramic phases (cf 1984 report). Late Period groupings by CP differ slightly from 1984 report. Sieving in 1987/88 shows bias against small bones/species.","Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford, National Monuments Record Centre Artefact archive: location Hampshire County Museum Service, Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 20,"Hengistbury Head","Dorset","SZ","16","90",36,"Sand","prehistoric","neolithic-bronze age; LBA-EIA; LIA-ERB","unspecified","very poor","unspecified","Grant","1987","Grant A. 1987. The animal bones. In B Cunliffe Hengistbury Head, Dorset. Vol.1 : The prehistoric and Roman settlement, 3500 BC-AD 500. Oxford : Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 13: 322.","acid soils result in poor bone survival, high ratio of loose teeth to identified bone frags. Cattle predominate, possibly preservation bias towards survival of larger more robust species.","paper/microfilm archive at: Dorset County Council Planning Department; Dorset County Museum; Institute of Archaeology Oxford. Artifact archive located at: Bournemouth Art Galleries and Museums; Dorset County Museum; Red House Museum Christchurch." 21,"Mount Batten","Devon","SX","48","53",26,"Limestone","multiperiod","C9th BC - C4th AD","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Grant","1988","Grant A. 1988. Bone deposition and animal husbandry: the animal bone remains. In B Cunliffe Mount Batten, Plymouth, a prehistoric and Roman fort. OUAC Monograph 26: 28-35. Oxford.","bone preservation generally good but heavily fragmented, probably due to trampling. High proportion of loose teeth to bone frags.","paper/microfilm archive located at: Institute of Archaeology Oxford, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. Artifact archive located at: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery." 22,"Groundwell West","Wiltshire","SU","148","892",134,"Coral Rag","Iron Age","c.C6th BC - LIA","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Hambleton","2001","Hambleton E. 2001. Animal Bone. In G Walker, B Langton & N Oakey An Iron Age Site at Groundwell West, Wiltshire. Cotswold Archaeological Trust: 31-33","gnawing may have been more extensive but obscured by erosion.","site archive : Swindon Museum and Art Gallery - Accession no. B1995/10." 23,"Battlesbury Bowl","Wiltshire","ST","890","461",174,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","C8th-C2nd BC","hand + sieved","good","moderate","Hambleton & Maltby","unpub","Hambleton E & Maltby M. unpublished. Animal Bones from Excavations at Battlesbury Bowl, Wiltshire. Bournemouth University Animal Bone Report for Wessex Archaeology (2004).","excavations of settlement outside the adjacent hillfort. Sieved assemblage recorded and quantified but report focuses on hand recovered assemblage.","archives at Wessex Archaeology" 24,"Ham Hill","Somerset","ST","484","164",120,"Limestone","prehistoric","EBA, IA C7th-1st BC","unspecified","unspecified","moderate","Hamilton-Dyer","2001","Hamilton-Dyer S. 2001. Animal bone. In J McKinley, Excavations at Ham Hill, Montacute, Somerset 1994 and 1998. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Vol. 142: 125-127",,"Artefact archive: location Somerset County Museum Taunton" 25,"Cannards Grave","Somerset","ST","6270","4215",160,"unspecified","multiperiod","late Neolithic-EBA; M-LBA; MIA; RB","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","moderate","Hamilton-Dyer","2002","Hamilton-Dyer S. 2002. The animal bones. In Birbeck V , Excavations on Iron Age and Romano-British Settlements at Cannards Grave, Shepton Mallet. Somerset Archeology and Natural History 144: 102-110.",,"Wessex Archaeology" 26,"Cadbury Castle","Somerset","ST","628","251",140,"Sand","multiperiod","neolothic, BA, IA, post-Roman/Saxon","hand collected","good","moderate","Hamilton-Dyer & Maltby","2000","Hamilton-Dyer S & Maltby J M. 2000. The animal bones from a sample of Iron Age contexts. In J.C. Barrett, P.W.M. Freeman & A. Woodward, Cadbury Castle, Somerset: the later Prehistoric and early Historic Archaeology. London: English Heritage Archaeological Report 20: 278-91","Bone report a reassessment & analysis of c.12% of the assemblage. Selected deposits grouped & quantified including a number of cattle& calf burials. 3 discrete assemblage groups: MIA pits; LIA rubbish layer; M/LIA animal burials.","Bones stored in Somerset County Museum" 27,"Gussage all Saints","Dorset","ST","998","101",80,"Chalk","Iron Age",,"hand collected","unspecified","unspecified","Harcourt","1979","Harcourt R. 1979. The animal bones. In G J Wainwright's, Gussage all Saints: An Iron Age settlement in Dorset. Department of Environment Archaeological Report 10: 150-160. London",,"Paper/microfilm archive in Dorset County Museum. Artefact archive in British Museum & Dorset County Museum." 28,"Torberry","West Sussex","SU","779","204",156,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","C6th BC- C1st-4th AD","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Higgs","1976","Higgs E. 1976. The animal bones. In B Cunliffe, The pre-Roman Iron Age hillfort at Torberry, Sussex. In B Cunliffe, Iron Age Sites in Central Southern England. CBA Research Report 16: 24-25.","main occupation in IA. Sporadic use during Roman period, some medieval activity.","Paper/microfilm archive located in West Sussex Records Office Chichester Artefact archive located in Museum of Sussex Archaeology" 29,"Winklebury Camp","Hampshire","SU","614","528",126,"Chalk","Iron Age","EIA-MIA","hand + sieved","unspecified","low","Jones","1977","Jones R. 1977. Animal bones. In K Smith The excavation of Winklebury Camp, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 43: 31-129.",,"Paper/microfilm archive located at Hampshire County Museum Service, National Monuments Record Centre & bone paper archive at Ancient Monuments Laboratory. Artefact archive located at Hampshire County Museum Service." 30,"Uley Shrines","Gloucestershire","ST","788","996",246,"Limestone","multiperiod","neolitic, LIA-Roman","hand + sieved","good","low","Levitan","1993","Levitan B. 1993. Vertebrate remains. In A Woodward & P Leach, The Uley Shrines: Excavation of a ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire: 1977-9. English Heritage Archaeological Report No. 17: 257-301.","sieved for 1 of 3 excavation seasons. Located on same spur as Uley Bury Hillfort c.500m away. Main focus of activity is Roman but there is also LIA shrine. Very high proportion of assemblage is interpreted as 'votive'. Large assemblage, was sub-sampled.","paper & artefact archive located at the British Museum." 31,"Halfpenny Lane","Oxfordshire","SU","581","839",90,"Clay with Flint","Iron Age","MIA","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","low","Lovett","1991","Lovett J. 1991. Faunal remains. In S Ford, The archaeology of the Cleve-Didcot Pipeline, South Oxfordshire, 1989. Oxoniensia 55: 13-19.","group of MIA pits discovered in advance of pipeline development. Very fragmented with only 37% of fragments identifiable to species","Paper/microfilm archive located at National Monuments Record Centre & Oxfordshire Museums Service. Artefact archive located at Oxfordshire Museums Service." 32,"Sandy Lane","Gloucestershire","SO","9546","1982",100,"Sand","multiperiod","BA-RB","hand collected","poor","heavy","Maltby","2001","Maltby M. 2001. The Animal Bones. In M Leah & C Young?s, A Bronze Age Burnt Mound at Sandy Lane, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, excavations 1971. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 119: 74-78","Burnt Mound: Contains bronze age material, most likely dates to LBA. Some later phases contain later IA & Roman material but main focus of excavated features is BA. Poor presevation: v fragmented; many gnawed; many eroded; also some burning damage.","site archive, post-ex archive & finds located at Cheltenham Museum (Accession Number 1998.89)" 33,"Nornour","Cornwall","SV","944","148",20,"unspecified","Bronze Age - Iron Age","2nd-late 1st millenium BC","unspecified","unspecified","low","Turk","1967","Turk F A. 1967. Report on the Animal Remains from Nornour, Iles of Scilly. Journal of the Royal Institute Cornwall 5(3):250-266. Turk F A 1978 The animal remains from Nornour: A synoptic view of the finds. In S A Butcher, Excavations at Nornour, Isles of Scilly, 1969-73: the Pre-Roman settlement. Cornish Archaeology 17: 99-105.","Several seasons of excavation summarised in various interim reports. These records are derived from the most comprehensive bone reports. No real indication of sample size but scarcity of faunal data from this area merits its inclusion in this database.","Paper/microfilm archive located at Isles of Scilly Museum, & National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive located at Isles of Scilly Museum." 34,"Bishopstone","East Sussex","TQ","467","008",50,"Chalk","multiperiod","neolithic-C6thAD","unspecified","poor","unspecified","Gebbels","1977","Gebbels A. 1977. The animal bones. In M Bell Excavations at Bishopstone. Sussex Archaeological Collections 115: 277-284.",,"paper archive & artefact archive located at Brighton Museums." 35,"Flagstones","Dorset","SY","69","90",70,"Chalk","multiperiod","neolithic; BA; LIA; RB; medieval; post-med","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Bullock & Allen","1997","Bullock A E & Allen M J. 1997. Animal Bones. In R J C Smith, F Healy & M J Allen et al. Excavations Along the Route of the Dorchester By-pass, Dorset, 1986-88. Wessex Archaeology Report 11: 190-199.","neolothic enclosure; BA burial & ring ditch; LIA enclosure, settlement & burials; roman finds; medieval field system; post-medieval finds.","Paper/microfilm archive at National Monuments Record Centre & Trust for Wessex Archaeology. Artefact archive at Trust for Wessex Archaeology." 36,"Middle Farm","Dorset","SY","67","89",90,"Chalk","Bronze Age",,"hand + sieved","unspecified","unspecified","Bullock & Allen","1997","Bullock A E & Allen M J. 1997. Animal Bones. In R J C Smith, F Healy & M J Allen et al. Excavations Along the Route of the Dorchester By-pass, Dorset, 1986-88. Wessex Archaeology Report 11: 190-199.","linear boundary ditch & enclosure ditch","Paper/microfilm archive at National Monuments Record Centre & Trust for Wessex Archaeology. Artefact archive at Trust for Wessex Archaeology." 37,"Abbotstone Down","Hampshire","SU","58","35",120,"unspecified","Iron Age-Roman","LBA-ERB","hand + sieved","poor","heavy","Maltby","1986","Maltby M. 1986. The animal bones from the 1978 excavations of the Late Iron Age and Early Romano-British settlement at Abbotstone Down, near New Arlesford, Hants. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 58/86. London.",,"paper & artefact archive at Ancient Monuments Laboratory" 38,"Tolpuddle Ball","Dorset","SY","81","94",90,"Chalk","multiperiod","neolithic-E/MBA; IA-ERB; med","unspecified","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Hamilton-Dyer","1999","Hamilton-Dyer S. 1999. Animal Bones. In C M Hearne & V Birbeck, A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass DBFO, Dorset, 1996-8. Wessex Archaeological Report 15: 188-202","Assemblage from Tolpuddle Ball (TP93) excavation.","Paper/microfilm archive at Dorset County Museum & Liverpool University Field Archaeology Unit. Artefact archive at Dorset County Museum." 39,"Thrupp House Farm","Oxfordshire","SU","52","97",53,"Gravel","Iron Age-Roman",,"unspecified","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Wilson & Lockyer","1999"," Wilson B & Lockyer A. 1999. Animal Bone. In R N Everett & B M G Eeles, Investigations at Thrupp House Farm, Radley, near Abingdon. Oxoniensia 64: 144-146","several sites excavated; most reasonably well preserved with the exception of site C, where bone was very degraded and there was a high proportion of loose teeth, indicative of poor preservation.","paper & artefact archive at Oxford Museums Service" 40,"Tuckwells Pit","Oxfordshire","SU","523","976",50,"Gravel","Iron Age-Roman",,"unspecified","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Wilson","1998","Wilson B. 1998. Aspects of animal life and death in an Iron Age settlement at Tuckwell?s Pit near Radley, Oxon. Oxoniensia 62: 313-319.",, 41,"Farmoor","Oxfordshire","SP","44","06",61,"Gravel","Iron Age-Roman","EIA-MIA; RB","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","unspecified","Wilson","1979","Wilson B. 1979. The vertebrates. In G Lambrick and M Robinson Iron Age and Roman riverside settlements at Farmoor, Oxfordshire. CBA Research Report 32: 128-133.","bones moderately well preserved but badly fragmented.","paper and artefact archive at Oxfordshire Museums Service." 42,"Guiting Power","Gloucestershire","SP","089","250",197,"Limestone","Iron Age","MIA-LIA","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Wilson","1979","Wilson B. 1979. Animal bone. In A Saville, Excavations at Guiting Power Iron Age site, Gloucestershire, 1974. CRAAGS Occasional Papers No. 7: 141-144.","series of rock-cut pits, probably part of a larger settlement.","Paper archive & finds archive at Cheltenham Museum (1978:871:1-18)." 43,"Black Patch","East Sussex","TQ","495","086",100,"unspecified","Bronze Age","LBA","unspecified","very poor",,"O'Connor","1982","O?Connor T P. 1982. Animal Bones. In P L Drewett, Late Bronze Age Downland Economy and Excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 48: 378-380.","91-152m OD.","All finds deposited at Barbican House Museum, Lewes, East Sussex" 44,"Hawk's Hill","Surrey","TQ","155","554",76,"Chalk","Iron Age",,"unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Carter, Phillipson & Higgs","1965","Carter P L, Phillipson D and Higgs E S. 1965. Faunal report. In F A Hastings Excavations of an Iron Age farmstead at Hawks Hill, Leatherhead. Surrey Archaeological Collections 62: 1-43.",,"Paper/microfilm archive: location Guildford Museum, National Monuments Record Centre Artefact archive: location Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Guildford Museum" 46,"Eldon's Seat","Dorset","SY","939","776",80,"Clay","Bronze Age - Iron Age","c.C7th-2nd BC","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Phillipson","1968","Phillipson D W. The Animal Bone. In B W Cunliffe and D W Phillipson, Excavations at Eldon?s Seat, Encombe, Dorset. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 34: 226-229.","shale working site","Paper/microfilm archive: location Dorset County Museum Artefact archive: location Dorset County Museum" 47,"Watchfield","Oxfordshire","SU","257","907",100,"Limestone","multiperiod","mesolithic, EIA-Modern","hand collected","poor","moderate","Hamilton-Dyer","2002","Hamilton-Dyer S. 2002. Animal bone. In V Birbeck, Excavations at Watchfield, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire. Oxoniensia 66: 274-280.",,"Finds and Archive deposited with Oxfordshire Museums Service (Acc. No. 1998.113)" 48,"Hallen","Gloucestershire","ST","543","804",6,"Alluvial","Iron Age","MIA-LIA","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Hamilton-Dyer","2002","Hamilton-Dyer S. 2002. Economic Evidence: the animal bone assemblage. In J Gardiner, M J Allen, S Hamilton-Dyer, M Laidlaw & G Scaife, Making the Most of it: Late Prehistoric Pastoralism in the Avon Levels, Severn Estuary. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 68: 1-39.","This publication also includes a much smaller assemblage also examined from nearby site of Northwick: too small to include in this database but appears to reflect similar pattern of animal exploitation to that seen at Hallen.","Archive deposited with Bristol City Museum. Copies of all specialist reports also kept at Wessex Archaeology." 49,"Owslebury","Hampshire","SU","525","246",85,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","Neolithic, BA, EIA & M/LIA-RB (C3rd BC - C4th AD)","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","heavy","Maltby","1987","Maltby M. 1987. The animal bones from the excavations at Owslebury, Hants. An Iron Age and Early Romano-British settlement. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 6/87. London.","Not sieved, but authour notes good standard of recovery of small bones. Preservation good in Roman cess pits, but otherwise generally poor. Preservation generally better in lower fills than in upper fills of pits & deeper ditches.","Paper/microfilm archive location: Hampshire County Museum Service, National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive location: Hampshire County Museum Service, Winchester City Museums Hyde Historic Resources Centre" 50,"Balksbury Camp","Hampshire","SU","352","446",80,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","LBA-Roman","hand collected","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Maltby","1995","Maltby M. 1995b. Animal bone. In G J Wainwright and S M Davies, Balksbury camp, Hampshire: excavations 1973 and 1981. English Heritage Archaeological Report 4: 83-87. Maltby M. 1985b. The animal bones from the 1973 excavations at Balksbury, Hampshire. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 4542. London. Maltby M. 1987. The animal bones from the 1981 excavations at Balksbury, Hampshire. Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report 226/87. London.","1973 & 1981 excavation samples summarised in 1995 report. Material mostly from pits. This database incorporates data from 1995 report, supplemented from referenced AML reports. Bones less well preserved in the upper layers than in the lower layers.","Paper archive located at Central Archaeological Services Fort Cumberland, Hampshire County Museum Service, and Hampshire County Local Studies Library Winchester. Artefact archive located at Hampshire County Museum Service" 51,"Balksbury Camp","Hampshire","SU","352","446",91,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","C8-9th BC - Roman","hand + sieved","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Maltby","2001","Maltby M. 2001. Animal bones. In C. Ellis and M. Rawlings, Excavations at Balksbury Camp, Andover 1995-97. Proceedings of Hampshire Field Club & Arch Soc 56: 21-94 (report 76-80).","1995-97 excavations presented in 2001 report. Material comes mostly from the 'internal colluvium' , a rapidly accumulated midden deposit behind the enclosure bank. Possibly comparable with potterne, runnymede, east Chisenbury.","Wessex Archaeology" 52,"Brighton Hill South","Hampshire","SU","607","486",140,"Chalk","multiperiod","IA & Medieval","hand + sieved","poor","moderate","Maltby","1995","Maltby M. 1995a. Animal bone. In P J Fasham and G Keevil?s Brighton Hill South (Hatch Warren): an Iron Age farmstead and Deserted Medieval Village in Hampshire: 49-56. Trust for Wessex Archaeology","eroded bones. Some redeposited material.","Hampshire County Museum Service" 53,"Woolbury","Hampshire","SU","382","353",150,"Chalk","multiperiod","LBA-Roman","unspecified","poor","unspecified","Roncaglia & Grant","2000","Roncaglia N & Grant A. 2000. Animal Husbandry. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 1 : Woolbury and Stockbridge Down, Stockbridge, Hants, 1989. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 70-72","Danebury Environs. Very small E-MIA sample. Included in database as part of wider danebury Environs dataset. LIA-ERB sample too small to warrant assemblage record.","Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 54,"Bury Hill","Hampshire","SU","344","435",100,"Chalk","Iron Age","EIA-late C2nd/early C1st BC","unspecified","poor","moderate","Hamilton","2000","Hamilton J. 2000. Animal Bones. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 2 : Bury Hill, Upper Clatford, Hants, 1990. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 67-73","Danebury Environs. Bone report reworked from previous analysis by different author. Concludes generally comparable with other Danebury Environs sites but rarer & smaller species may be slightly underrepresented as is proportion of articulated bones.","Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 55,"Suddern Farm","Hampshire","SU","279","376",85,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","EIA-late Roman","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Hamilton","2000","Hamilton J. 2000. The Animal Bones. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 3 : Suddern Farm, Middle Wallop, Hants, 1991 and 1996. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 175-193.","high proportion of 'special' deposits. Preservation better in lower deposits. Gnawing greater in ditches than in pits.","Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 56,"New Buildings","Hampshire","SU","344","374",100,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","E/MBA-EIA","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","heavy","Hamilton","2000","Hamilton J. 2000. The Animal Bones. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 4 : New Buildings, Longstock, Hants, 1992 and Fiveways, Longstock, Hants 1996. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 81-86.",,"Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 57,"Nettlebank Copse","Hampshire","SU","341","393",70,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","EIA-Early Roman","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Hamilton","2000","Hamilton J. 2000. The Animal Bones. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 5 : Nettlebank Copse, Wherwell, Hants, 1993. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 101-116.","preservation better in lower layers. Lots of rootlet erosion thus fewer observations of gnawing and butchery marks in the most eroded contexts.","Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 58,"Houghton Down","Hampshire","SU","342","361",100,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","C8th-3rd BC; C1stBC-C4th AD","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Hamilton","2000","Hamilton J. 2000. The Animal Bones. In B Cunliffe & C Poole, The Danebury environs programme : the prehistory of a Wessex landscape. - Vol. 2, Part 6 : Houghton Daown, Stockbridge, Hants, 1994. Oxford: Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph 49: 131-146.","Bone report includes LIA with Roman so excluded from this database. Only E-MIA assemblage recorded here. Preservation better in deeper deposits, and is better in pits than ditches.","Responsible for Work Institute of Archaeology Oxford Paper/microfilm archive: location Institute of Archaeology Oxford" 59,"Pimperne","Dorset","ST","891","097",105,"Chalk","Iron Age","C6-4th BC","hand collected","unspecified","unspecified","Barnetson","1993","Barnetson L D P. 1993. The Animal Bones: Inventory. In D W Harding, I M Blake and P J Reynolds, An Iron Age Settlement in Dorset: Excavation and Reconstruction. University of Edinburgh, Department of Archaeology Monograph Series No. 1: 64-72.","No Bone 'report' is published, but a catalogue of bones recovered from the excavations are listed in an appendix to the excavation report. This catalogue was used to provide the basic summary information recorded in this database.","Dorset County Museum, Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England" 60,"Winnall Down","Hampshire","SU","498","303",65,"Chalk","multiperiod","BA-Roman","unspecified","variable, mainly good","moderate","Maltby","1985"," Maltby M. 1985a. The animal bones. In P J Fasham The Prehistoric settlement at Winnall Down, Winchester. Hampshire Field Club Monograph 2: M3 Archaeological Rescue Committee Report 8: 25, 97-112, 137-8.","preservation variable: better in pits than ditches; better in lower layers than upper layers; better in large mammals (cattle/horse) than small species (sheep/pig).","Hampshire County Museum Service, National Monuments Record Centre, Wessex Archaeology." 61,"Mingies Ditch","Oxfordshire","SP","391","059",70,"Alluvial","Iron Age","MIA","hand + sieved","very poor","moderate","Wilson","1993","Wilson B. 1993. Reports on the Bones and Oyster shell. In T G Allen and M Robinson The prehistoric landscape and Iron Age enclosed settlement at Mingies Ditch, Hardwick-with-Yelford, Oxon. Thames Valley Landscapes: The Windrush Valley 1: 123-45.","bone report and analysis focuses on patterns of spatial ditribution. Smaller bones/species near centre represent cooking/consumption waste, while larger bones/species towrads edge of site represent butchery waste. Also reflects dog scavenging activity.", 62,"Ashville","Oxfordshire","SU","483","973",60,"Gravel","multiperiod","BA - Roman","hand collected","good","moderate","Wilson et al","1978","Wilson R, Hamilton J, Bramwell D and Armitage P. 1978. The animal bones. In M Parrington The excavation of an Iron Age settlement, Bronze Age ring-ditches and Roman features at Ashville Trading Estate, Abingdon (Oxfordshire) 1974-76. CBA Research Report 28: 110-138.",,"Oxfordshire Museums Service" 63,"Copse Farm","West Sussex","SU","896","057",10,"Alluvial","Iron Age-Roman",,"unspecified","variable, mainly good","moderate","Browne","1985"," Browne S. 1985. Animal bone. In O Bedwin and R Holgate Excavations at Copse Farm, Oving, West Sussex. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 51: 215-45.","two farmsteads; one IA, one RB.","Chichester District Museum (accession no. 5000)" 64,"Watkins Farm","Oxfordshire","SP","426","035",60,"Gravel","multiperiod","IA, Roman, Medieval","hand + sieved","variable, mainly poor","unspecified","Wilson & Allison","1990"," Wilson B and Allison E. 1990. The animal and fish bones. In T G Allen An Iron Age and Romano-British enclosed settlement at Watkins Farm, Northmoor, Oxon. Thames Valley Landscapes: The Windrush Valley vol. 1: 57-61. Oxford.",,"Oxfordshire Museums Service." 65,"Whitcombe","Dorset","SY","71","88",90,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","LIA-C4th AD","hand collected","good","moderate","Buckland-Wright","1990","Buckland-Wright J C. 1990. The animal bones. In G M Aitken & G N Aitken, Excavations at Whitcombe 1965-1967. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society112: 86-90.","LIA open settlement, enclosure ditches, cemetery and late Roman settlement.","Dorset County Museum" 66,"Meare Village East","Somerset","ST","447","423",5,"Peat","Iron Age-Roman",,"unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Cornwall & Coles","1987","Cornwall I W & Coles B J. 1987. The bones from Meare Village East 1966. In J M Coles, Meare Village East: The excavations of A Bulleid and H St George Gray 1932-1956. Somerset Levels Papers 13: 232-233.","Bones from Avery's 1966 Excavations. NB figures not directly comparable with those from Levine or Backway reports.","Somerset County Museum Taunton" 67,"Meare Village East","Somerset","ST","447","423",5,"Peat","Iron Age","LIA","hand collected","poor","low","Levine","1986","Levine M A. 1986. The vertebrate fauna from Meare East 1982. Somerset Levels Papers 12: 61-71.","Bones from Somerset Levels Project 1982 Excavations at Meare Village East. NB figures not directly comparable with those from Avery's 1966 excavations (Cornwall and Coles 1987 Report).","Somerset County Museum Taunton" 68,"Meare Village West","Somerset","ST","445","423",5,"Peat","Iron Age","MIA-LIA","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Bailey, Levine & Rogers","1981"," Bailey G N, Levine M A and Rogers S J Q. 1981. The faunal remains. In B J Orme, J M Coles, AE Caseldine and G N Bailey Meare Village West 1979. Somerset Levels Papers 7: 38-44","Bones from Somerset Levels Project 1979 Excavations at Meare Village West. NB figures not directly comparable with those from Avery's 1966 excavations (Cornwall and Coles 1987 Report).","Somerset County Museum Taunton" 69,"Meare Village West","Somerset","ST","445","423",5,"Peat","Iron Age","LIA","hand + sieved","poor","moderate","Backway","1986"," Backway C. 1986. The animal bones. In B J Coles, S E Rouillard and C Backway The 1984 excavations at Meare. Somerset Levels Papers 12: 42-49. Coy J. 1987. Bird bones from Meare 1984. In J M Coles, Meare Village East: The excavations of A Bulleid and H St George Gray 1932-1956. Somerset Levels Papers 13: 234.","Bones from Somerset Levels Project 1984 Excavations at Meare Village West. NB figures not directly comparable with those from Avery's 1966 excavations (Cornwall and Coles 1987 Report).","Somerset County Museum Taunton" 70,"Downsview","East Sussex","TQ","328","093",110,"Chalk","Bronze Age","MBA-LBA","unspecified","poor","moderate","Stevens","2002"," Stevens P. 2002. The Animal Bones. In D Rudling, Excavations adjacent to Coldean Lane. In D Rudling (ed) Downland Settlement and Land-Use: The Archaeology of the Brighton Bypass. UCL Field Archaeology Unit Monograph 1: 188-191.","Some late Neolithic/Early Bronze age finds and some Roman finds, suggesting activity in the area but only M-LBA period has evidence of occupation at the site.","Brighton Museum and Art Gallery" 71,"Potterne","Wiltshire","ST","966","591",90,"Greensand","Bronze Age - Iron Age","LBA-EIA","hand + sieved","very good","moderate","Locker","2000"," Locker A. 2000. Animal bone. In A. Lawson, Potterne 1982-5: Animal Husbandry in Later Prehistoric Wiltshire. Salisbury: Wessex Archaeology Report 17, 101-19.","a 'Deposit' - site difficult to define. Huge accumulation, manure heap/midden from stalling of animals and accumulation/dumping of waste. but also human activity on site - meetings, industry, exchange, consumption. Lots of mineralized bone.","Devizes Museum" 72,"Chilbolton Down","Hampshire","SU","411","391",77,"Chalk","Iron Age","C6th-2nd BC","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Maltby","1984"," Maltby M. 1984. The animal bones from the Iron Age settlement at Chilbolton Down. In R T Schadla-Hall The excavation of an Iron Age enclosure near Middle Barn Farm, Chilbolton, Hampshire, In P D Catherall, M Barnett and H McClean (eds.) The Southern Feeder: Archaeology of a gas pipeline: 109-113. British Gas Corporation. London.","initially open site in phase 1 (C6th-4th BC), then enclosed in phase 2 (C3rd-2nd BC). Good preservation in pit 3 and lower layers of pits 1& 4, elsewhere sample is eroded and generally quite poorly preserved.","Hampshire County Museum Service. Acession no: A.1979.12B" 73,"Easton Lane","Hampshire","SU","497","303",60,"Chalk","multiperiod","Neolithic-Early Roman; Late Saxon-Medieval","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","heavy","Maltby","1989"," Maltby M. 1989. The animal bones. In P.J. Fasham et al. The Archaeological Site at Easton Lane, Winchester. Gloucester: Hampshire Field Club Monograph 6: 122-31 (plus microfiche).","Site adjacent to Winnall Down and includes contemporary material. Faunal samples better preserved in E/MIA samples than other periods, but preservation variable between contexts. Report includes Neolithic and BA assemblages, but too small to include here.","Hampshire County Museum Service. Accession No: A 1987 14." 74,"Poundbury","Dorset","SY","685","911",70,"Chalk","multiperiod","neolithic-post-medieval","hand collected","good","moderate","Buckland-Wright","1987"," Buckland-Wright J C. 1987. The animal bones. In C Sparey Green Excavations at Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, 1966-1982. Vol.1: The settlements. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Monograph 7: 129-132. Microfiche 4: A1-D14.",,"Dorset County Museum, Dorchester." 75,"Old Down Farm","Hampshire","SU","356","465",74,"Chalk","multiperiod","Neolithic, IA, Roman & Saxon.","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","moderate","Maltby","1981"," Maltby M. 1981. Animal Bone. In S M Davies Excavations at Old down Farm, Andover. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club Archaeological Society 37: 81-163","no systematic sampling for small mammals, but some bulk soil samples sieved from random deposits.","Paper archive at Hampshire County Museum Service, and National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive at Hampshire County Museum Service" 76,"Ditches","Gloucestershire","SO","996","095",220,"Limestone","Iron Age-Roman","LIA-ERB","hand + sieved","unspecified","low","Reilly","1988"," Rielly K. 1988. The animal bone. In S D Trow Excavations at Ditches Hillfort, North Cerney, Gloucestershire 1982-3. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 106: 19-86.","sieving on small sample from a single context.","Corinium Museum, Cirencester. Accession No: 1982.41." 77,"Carne's Seat","West Sussex","SU","8876","0945",85,"Chalk","multiperiod","LBA-C4th AD","hand collected","poor","unspecified","Beech","1986"," Beech M. 1986. The Animal Bones. In R Holgate Excavations at the Late Prehistoric and Romano-British Enclosure complex at Carne?s Seat, Goodwood, West Sussex, 1984. Sussex Archaeological Collections 124: 45-47.","small MIA assemblage recovered and included in report, but too small to include in this database record. Larger assemblage of IA/RB date is included here. Small no. marine molluscs also recovered.","Chichester District Museum. Accession No: 6083." 78,"Slonk Hill","West Sussex","TQ","226","065",60,"Chalk","multiperiod","Bronze Age - Roman","unspecified","good","moderate","Sheppard","1978","Sheppard P. 1978. Animal remains. In R Hartridge, Excavations at the prehistoric and Romano-British site on Slonk Hill, Shoreham, Sussex. Sussex Archaeological Collections 116: 133-140.",,"Brighton Museum" 79,"Bury Wood Camp","Wiltshire","ST","817","740",140,"Limestone","Iron Age","IA","hand collected","unspecified","unspecified","Bunting, Verity & Cornwall","1963"," Bunting G H, Verity D W and Cornwall I W. 1963. Animal bones from Bury Wood Camp, (seasons 1959; 1960). In G King Bury Wood Camp: Report on excavations, 1960. Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine 58: 204-208.",,"Paper archive at Devizes Museum Library, and Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Artefact archive at: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Museum, Devizes." 80,"Rucstalls Hill","Hampshire","SU","651","515",100,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","C5thBC-C4thAD","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Gregory","1978"," Gregory I. 1978. Animal bones. In M Oliver and B Applin Excavations at Rucstalls Hill, Basingstoke. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 35: 41-92.",,"Hampshire County Museum Service" 81,"Stokeleigh Camp","Somerset","ST","559","733",100,"unspecified","Iron Age-Roman","C3rdBC-C3rdAD","unspecified","poor","unspecified","Everton","1975"," Everton R F. 1975. The Animal Bones, Stokeleigh Camp. In J W Haldane & R F Everton, The excavations at Stokeleigh Camp, Avon. . Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 14: 65-72.","Site occupied LIA-ERB (phase 1 & 2) from late C3rdBC until midC1stAD, then break in occupation until mid Roman occupation (phase 3) C3rd AD. Bone report includes all periods together, but majority of material appears to belong to periods 1&2.","University of Bristol Spelaeological Society Museum." 82,"Little Somborne","Hampshire","SU","389","328",70,"Chalk","Iron Age",,"hand + sieved","unspecified","unspecified","Locker","1979"," Locker A. 1979. Animal bones. In D S Neal Excavations at Little Somborne and Ashley. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 36: 91-144.",,"Hampshire County Museum Service" 83,"Farningham Hill","Kent","TQ","5451","6736",70,"Chalk","Iron Age","LIA","unspecified","poor","unspecified","Locker","1984"," Locker A 1984. The animal bone. In B Philps The Iron Age farmstead at Farningham Hill. Excavations in the Darent Valley, Kent. Kent Monograph Series Research Report 4. Microfiche, M1-M6.","bone fragmentation greater in ditches than in pit fills. More info available from Report Microfiche","Dover Castle" 84,"Chalton Site 50","Hampshire","SU","717","170",122,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","c.1000-400BC","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Startin","1976","Startin J. 1976. The animal bones from two PRIA sites at Chalton, Hampshire. In B W Cunliffe Iron Age sites in Central Southern England. CBA Research Report 16: 47-48.","Small assemblage, included because in same report as slightly larger assemblage from Chalton site 15.","c/o Mr Budden, Manor Farm, Chalton, Hampshire." 85,"Chalton Site 15","Hampshire","SU","735","169",122,"Chalk","Iron Age","c.400-100BC","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Startin","1976","Startin J. 1976. The animal bones from two PRIA sites at Chalton, Hampshire. In B W Cunliffe Iron Age sites in Central Southern England. CBA Research Report 16: 47-48.","Quite small assemblage, included because in same report as slightly smaller assemblage from Chalton site 50.","Portsmouth City Museum (loan)." 86,"Budbury","Wiltshire","ST","8213","6113",91,"Limestone","Iron Age","C7/6thBC","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","Westley","1970"," Westley B. 1970. The animal bones from Budbury. In G J Wainwright An Iron Age promontory fort at Budbury, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine 65: 152-3.","very fragmented - noted that material appears 'prepared' with bones chopped into 3 or 4 inch lengths, the larger bones split longitudinally.","Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Museum, Devizes" 87,"Lains Farm","Hampshire","SU","26","44",100,"Chalk","Iron Age",,"hand + sieved","good","low","Coy","1991"," Coy J. 1991. The Animal Bone. In P S Bellamy, The investigation of the prehistoric landscape along the route of the A303 improvement between Andover, Hampshire, and Amesbury, Wiltshire, 1984-7. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 47: 32-36.",,"Paper archive at Hampshire County Museum Service, and National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive at Hampshire County Museum Service." 88,"Uley Bury","Gloucestershire","ST","784","989",210,"Limestone","Iron Age","C3rd BC-earlyC1stAD","unspecified","good","unspecified","Levitan","1983"," Levitan B. 1983. The animal remains. In A Saville, Uley Bury and Norbury hillforts. Western Archaeological Trust Monograph 5: Microfiche, C6-D5.","site occupied from C3rdBC. Final date for Iron Age use uncertain but did not go beyond early C1st AD","Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery" 89,"Appleford","Oxfordshire","SU","52","93",51,"Gravel","Iron Age-Roman","LBA-C4thAD","unspecified","good","low","Wilson","1980","Wilson B. 1980. Bone and shell report. In J Hinchcliffe and R Thomas Archaeological investigations at Appleford. Oxoniensia 45: 9-11.",,"Paper archive at Oxfordshire Archaeological Unit. Finds archive at Ashmolean Museum" 90,"Barton Court Farm","Oxfordshire","SU","510","977",60,"Gravel","multiperiod","LIA-Roman; Saxon","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","unspecified","Wilson","1984"," Wilson B. 1984 Faunal remains: animals and marine shells. In D Miles Archaeology at Barton Court Farm, Oxfordshire. CBA Research Report 50. Microfiche 8: A1-G10.",,"Paper/microfilm archive at National Monuments Record Centre, and Oxfordshire Museums Service. Artefact archive at Oxfordshire Museums Service." 91,"Claydon Pike","Gloucestershire","SU","192","997",75,"Gravel","Iron Age-Roman","MIA-Roman","unspecified","poor","unspecified","Wilson & Allison","nd"," Wilson B and Allison E.unpublished. Level III report on the bones from the midto late Iron Age settlements and other later occupation on gravel islands I-iii at Claydon Pike, Fairford, Glos. Miles D & Palmer S. 1982. Figures in a landscape : archaeological investigations at Claydon Pike, Fairford/Lechlade : an interim report 1979-82. Oxford : Oxford Archaeological Unit",,"Paper/microfilm archive at Oxford Archaeological Unit. Artefact archive at Corinium Museum Cirencester, and Oxford Archaeological Unit." 92,"Wilsford Shaft","Wiltshire","SU","1086","4148",91,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","C15th-C5thBC","hand + sieved","very good","low","Grigson","1989"," Grigson C M. 1989. Large Mammals. In Ashbee P, Bell M & Proudfoot E, Wilsford Shaft: Excavations 1960-62. English Heritage Archaeology Report 11: 106-121.","small assemblage. sieved samples produced material mostly from lower waterlogged deposits. Site interpreted either as ritual shaft or functional well, although these two interpretations need not be mutually exclusive.","Paper/microfilm and artefact archive at: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Additional paper/microfilm archive at Devizes Museum Library." 93,"Brean Down","Somerset","ST","295","587",20,"Sand","multiperiod","Neolithic-IA; Roman; medieval.","hand + sieved","unspecified","unspecified","Levitan","1990"," Levitan B. 1990. The Vertebrate Remains. In M Bell, Brean Down Excavations 1983-1987.English Heritage Archaeological Report 15: 220-238.","blown sand and occupation deposits against limestone cliff.","Somerset County Museum, Taunton." 94,"Bishops Cannings Down","Wiltshire","SU","0580","6660",200,"Chalk","Bronze Age","late EBA-MBA","unspecified","variable, mainly poor","unspecified","Maltby","1992"," Maltby M. 1992. The animal bone. In C. Gingell, The Marlborough Downs: a late Bronze Age Landscape and its Origins. Wiltshire Arch. & Nat. History Society Monograph 1: 137-142.",,"Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Museum, Devizes." 95,"Dean Bottom","Wiltshire","SU","147","772",210,"Chalk","Bronze Age","Beaker-LBA","hand collected","poor","moderate","Maltby","1992"," Maltby M. 1992. The animal bone. In C. Gingell, The Marlborough Downs: a late Bronze Age Landscape and its Origins. Wiltshire Arch. & Nat. History Society Monograph 1: 137-142.","Site also produced well preserved assemblage from Beaker pit (not recorded here).","Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Museum, Devizes. (Except Beaker Pit: in British Museum)." 96,"Rockley Down","Wiltshire","SU","158","736",180,"Chalk","Bronze Age","M-LBA","hand collected","variable, mainly poor","moderate","Maltby","1992"," Maltby M. 1992. The animal bone. In C. Gingell, The Marlborough Downs: a late Bronze Age Landscape and its Origins. Wiltshire Arch. & Nat. History Society Monograph 1: 137-142.",,"Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Museum, Devizes." 97,"Burderop Down","Wiltshire","SU","169","764",210,"Chalk","Bronze Age","M-LBA","hand collected","very poor","moderate","Maltby","1992"," Maltby M. 1992. The animal bone. In C. Gingell, The Marlborough Downs: a late Bronze Age Landscape and its Origins. Wiltshire Arch. & Nat. History Society Monograph 1: 137-142.",,"Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Museum, Devizes." 98,"Duntisbourne Grove","Gloucestershire","SO","992","069",190,"Limestone","multiperiod","Neolithic; IA; Roman","hand + sieved","very poor","moderate","Powell","1999"," Powell A. 1999. Animal Bone: Middle Duntisbourne and Duntisbourne Grove. In A Mudd, R J Williams & A Lupton, Excavations alongside Roman Ermin Street, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire volume 2. Oxford Archaeological Unit: 431-449.","severe root etching and considerable fragmentation: as a result evidence of butchery and gnawing is reduced, especially knife cuts.","Paper/microfilm archive at Corinium Museum Cirencester, and National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive at Corinium Museum Cirencester" 99,"Middle Duntisbourne","Gloucestershire","SO","989","074",190,"Limestone","multiperiod","IA; Medieval","hand + sieved","poor","moderate","Powell","1999"," Powell A. 1999. Animal Bone: Middle Duntisbourne and Duntisbourne Grove. In A Mudd, R J Williams & A Lupton, Excavations alongside Roman Ermin Street, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire volume 2. Oxford Archaeological Unit: 431-449.","some slight root etching and fragmentation: as a result evidence of knife cuts and gnawing may be reduced.","Paper/microfilm archive at Corinium Museum Cirencester, and National Monuments Record Centre. Artefact archive at Corinium Museum Cirencester" 100,"Bramdean","Hampshire","SU","627","281",110,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","M-LIA; Roman","hand collected","good","unspecified","Clutton-Brock","1982"," Clutton-Brock J. 1982. The animal bone (appendix 1). In B T Perry Excavations at Bramdean, Hampshire 1973 to 1977. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society 38: 57-74. Microfiche: 44-54.","lots of pits with skulls and/or complete skeletons. Author notes fossil sea urchins and sponges too. Suggested lot of 'ritual' deposition, although more 'normal' domestic refuse is also found in association with these deposits.","Faunal Remains at British Museum (Natural History)." 101,"Hayling Island Temple","Hampshire","SU","72","02",5,"Chalk","Iron Age-Roman","C1st-BC-C3rd AD","unspecified","unspecified","unspecified","King & Soffe","1998","King A & Soffe G. 1998. Internal organisation and deposition at the Iron Age temple on Hayling Island. Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeology Society 53: 35-47.","No detailed bone report available, but sufficient mention of bone assemblage is made in report to merit an entry in this database. Site is temple, with numerous votive offerings, which is how the faunal remains are interpreted.","King Alfred's College, Winchester" 102,"Slade Farm","Oxfordshire","SP","580","240",80,"Limestone","Iron Age","E/MIA-LIA","hand collected","poor","moderate","Hammon","2001","Hammon A. 2001. The animal bones. In P Ellis, Hughes G & Jones L, An Iron Age Boundary and Settlement Features at Slade Farm, Bicester, Oxfordshire: a Report on Excavations, 1996. Oxoniensia 65 (2000): 252-254.","surface erosion of bones means gnawing and butchery marks probably under-represented.","Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit" 103,"Bierton","Buckinghamshire","SP","835","160",88,"Limestone","multiperiod","prehistoric-medieval","unspecified","good","low","Jones","1988","Jones G G. 1988. The Iron Age animal bones. In D Allen, Excavations at Bierton, a late Iron Age 'Belgic' settlement, Roman Villa and 12th-18th century manorial complex. Records of Buckinghamshire 28 (for 1986): 32-9.","ditches/enclosures present: possibly a 'complex ditched settlement' rather than simple 'open' or 'enclosed' settlement.","Buckinghamshire County Museum. Site Archive: CAS 1044. Finds: Accession no. BCM 606.1979" 104,"Walton Lodge","Buckinghamshire","SP","8238","1324",84,"Limestone","multiperiod","MBA, Saxon, medieval","hand collected","poor","low","Sadler","1991","Sadler P. 1991. The Animal Bone. In H Dalwood et al, Excavations in Walton, Aylesbury, 1985-86. Records of Buckinghamsire 31 (for 1989): 178-84.","on Portland Beds of limestone & sand","Buckinghamshire County Museum. Site archive: CAS 5499. Finds: Accession no. BCM 391.1986" 105,"Ivinghoe Beacon","Buckinghamshire","SP","960","169",225,"Chalk","Bronze Age - Iron Age","LBA-IA","unspecified","good","moderate","Westley","1968","Westley B. 1968. Bones from Ivinghoe Beacon. In M A Cotton and S S Frere, Ivinghoe Beacon Excavations 1963-5. Records of Buckinghamshire 18 (3): 252-60.","bone preservation good but fragmented. Described in excavation report as Iron Age, but other sources (e.g ADS) assign it to LBA. For purposes of this review, the assemblage date will follow that used in the published bone report (IA).","Buckinghamshire County Museum." 106,"Coldharbour Farm","Buckinghamshire","SP","8060","1365",74,"Sand & gravel","prehistoric","Neolithic, EIA-ERB","hand + sieved","good","moderate","Johnstone","1997","Johnstone C. 1997. Vertebrate Remains. In J Parkhouse and D Bonner, Investigations at Coldharbour Farm, Aylesbury, in 1996. Records of Buckinghamshire 39: 123-7.",,"Buckinghamshire County Museum. Site archive: CAS 5625. Finds: Accession no. 1996.89" 107,"Wavendon Gate","Buckinghamshire","SP","903","369",85,"Sand & gravel","Iron Age-Roman","IA, Roman & Saxon","hand + sieved","variable, mainly good","heavy","Dobney & Jaques","1996","Dobney KM and Jaques SD. 1996. The Mammal Bones. In R J Williams, P J Hart and A T L Williams, Wavendon Gate: a Late Iron Age and Roman Settlement in Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph Series 10: 203-230.","IA phases include 'open' settlement in early phase with unenclosed roundhouses and small banjo type enclosure, these replaced in later phase by regular rectangular enclosures.","Buckinghamshire County Museum." 108,"Bancroft","Buckinghamshire","SP","8273","4033",80,"Clay","multiperiod","LBA-early Saxon","hand collected","variable, mainly good","moderate","Holmes & Rielly","1994","Holmes J and Rielly K. 1994. Animal bone from the ?Mausoleum? site. In R J Williams and R J Zeepvat, Bancroft: a late Bronze Age/Iron Age settlement, Roman villa and Temple-Mausoleum. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph Series 7: 515-549.","assemblage very fragmented. LBA/EIA sample too small to include in review, but presence of aurochs atlas in LBA/EIA context worth noting. Settlement unenclosed in IA, but LIA (Belgic) phase ditches may be forerunner to enclosures of ERB settlement.","Buckinghamshire County Museum." 109,"Hartigans","Buckinghamshire","SP","88","38",65,"Gravel","multiperiod","IA, medieval","hand collected","very good","unspecified","Burnett","1993","Burnett D P. 1993. Animal bones from MK19. In R J Williams, Pennyland and Hartigans: two Iron Age and Saxon sites in Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph Series 4: 199-206.",,"Buckinghamshire County Museum." 110,"Pennyland","Buckinghamshire","SP","862","411",80,"Gravel","multiperiod","IA-medieval","hand collected","variable, mainly good","low","Holmes","1993","Holmes J M. 1993. Animal bones. In R J Williams, Pennyland and Hartigans: two Iron Age and Saxon sites in Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Monograph Series 4: 133-154.","Sieving abandoned as unproductive after initial trials yielded only small frags of unidentifiable bone. Preservation of bone good but fragmentary.","Buckinghamshire County Museum."