Albarella, U. (1997). The Iron Age animal bone excavated in 1991 from Outgang Road, Market Deeping (MAD 91), Lincolnshire.

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Title:		 The Iron Age animal bone excavated in 1991 from Outgang Road, Market Deeping (MAD 91), Lincolnshire
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Series:		 Research Department Reports Series
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Volume:		 55/97
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Number of Pages:		 33
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Abstract:		 About 35 kilograms of bones, mostly deriving from butchery and food waste, were recovered from the Mid to Late Iron Age levels at Market Deeping. These were predominantly found in the fills of a palaeochannel. The animal economy of the site was primarily based on the exploitation of domestic animals, although wild game was also occasionally hunted. Water resources, such as beavers, swans, geese, ducks, were sometimes used, but represented only as an occasional addition to the diet. The scarcity -- or absence -- of fish is particularly noticeable. Sheep was the most common animal, but cattle provided the largest quantity of meat. Cattle were probably mainly reared for traction and sheep for meat. The presence of neonatal bones suggests that breeding was carried out on site and that the site was occupied in spring. But the analysis of the sheep tooth wear stages points to the fact that the site was also occupied in summer and autumn, when most of the lamb culling was probably carried out. (See also 97/1459).
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Author:		 Umberto Albarella ORCID icon
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Year of Publication:		 1997
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Location - Auto Detected: Outgang Road Market Deeping
Location - Auto Detected: Market Deeping
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Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Late Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1997
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URI: http://research.english-heritage.org.uk/report/?4820
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Created Date:		 21 Jan 2002