THE ANIMAL BONE FROM EXCAVATIONS AT STRICKLANDGATE, KENDAL CUMBRIA 1987-88.
Author(s): L J Gidney
Small groups of animal bone from contexts spanning the thirteenth to twentieth centuries were recovered from two small excavations in Stricklandgate, Kendal. The sites are adjacent but had differing occupational histories. The animal bone from the early phases is in poor condition which has limited the analyses possible. The bones are mostly of the common domestic animals with cattle remains predominating over those of sheep/goat in the earlier phases but sheep/goat remains being more frequent from the fifteenth/sixteenth centuries onwards. Pig bones are scarce with fowl and goose bones being more commonly encountered. Red deer are represented on both sites otherwise horse, cat, dog, hare, rabbit and roe deer are present, though infrequent, only in site 1. The majority of the bones from both sites seem to be derived from the casual disposal of household food waste and do not apear to related to the industrial activities noted on these sites. Some of the bone may have been secondarily deposited in make up and need not reflect what was consumed on site.
- Report Number:
- 103/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains
