McCormick, F. (1991). Evidence of dairying at Dún Ailinne?. Emania 8. Vol 8, pp. 57-59.
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Evidence of dairying at Dún Ailinne? | |
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Emania 8 | |
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Emania | |
Volume Volume number and part |
8 | |
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
57 - 59 | |
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Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | |
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The animal bone assemblage from this site included a large percentage of calves slaughtered around six months of age which was interpreted as evidence of a dairying economy (see also 90/1338). The assumption was that calves and people were in competition for milk. Elements of documentary evidence for dairy farming are often cited in support of this. However, that same documentary evidence in fact frequently states that, whilst dairying was common, it was also known that a cow would not continue to give milk without her calf. In the light of this, other Early Christian evidence is examined which backs up the idea that in a dairying economy of that era few calf bones should be found. | |
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1991 | |
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
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Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
20 Jan 2002 |
