ANIMAL REMAINS ASSOCIATED WITH LATE IRON AGE - ROMAN CREMATIONS AT KING HARRY LANE (ST ALBANS, HERTS), EXCAVATED IN 1966-1969.
Author(s): Simon Davis
Cremated animal bones found in 87 of 472 burials at King Harry Lane near St Albans are described in this report. These animal bones belong to pigs, mostly slaughtered between 1 and 3 years old and adult galliform birds - probably chickens. In the case of the pigs, a head , a head plus one limb or a single limb were most frequently included in the burials and there may have been a preference for right over left limbs. In the case of the birds, whole individuals may have been included. The practice of depositing parts of animals as gravegoods appears to have been common in Iron Age England and France and to have died out during Roman times.
- Report Number:
- 192/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains
