Davis, S. J M. (1991). Faunal remains from Closegate I & II, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, 1988 & 1990 excavations.

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Title:		 Faunal remains from Closegate I & II, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, 1988 & 1990 excavations
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Series:		 Research Department Reports Series
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Volume:		 8181/91
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Abstract:		 The animal remains from Closegate, Newcastle, dated to the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries were recovered by sieving (5mm aperture). Most belonged to cattle, sheep and pig. Abundant fish bones (mainly herring, cod and haddock) were recovered by wet sieving (1mm aperture) a small volume of `whole earth'. The higher ratio of fish to mammal bone recovered by this means indicates that fish probably comprised some 10--20% of the diet. An increasing importance of sheep over cattle during the period represented at Closegate as well as at other sites in Newcastle and elsewhere in England, may reflect the change from ox-drawn to horse-drawn ploughs, and the increasing importance of wool. Since a wide range of sheep ages is represented, the inhabitants of Newcastle probably purchased both animals bred for meat and retired wool and milk animals. The thirteenth-sixteenth century cattle and sheep were rather small. However, the seventeenth-eighteenth century sheep (some definitely dated to the end of the seventeenth century) were larger. This size increase may reflect post-medieval improvements in British farming practices. Au
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Author:		 Simon J M Davis
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Year of Publication:		 1991
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Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Newcastle
Location - Auto Detected: Closegate Newcastle
Location - Auto Detected: Newcastle Tyne
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1991
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URI: http://research.english-heritage.org.uk/report/?4312
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Created Date:		 21 Jan 2002