HAND-COLLECTED BONES FROM SEVEN MEDIEVAL DEPOSITS AT 16-22 COPPERGATE, YORK.
Author(s): T P O'Connor
This report presents the results of a study of approx. 40,000 bone fragments from seven contexts of medieval date. The contexts constituted large accumulations of refuse, and the study was undertaken to establish the 'normal' pattern of bone dispersal and deposition for this period so that subsequent work on medieval bones from Coppergate could concentrate on groups identified as archaeologically significant or which deviated from this 'normal' pattern. the results show a concentrationof beef cattle less marked than in Anglo-Scandinavian groups though still economically predominant. Bird and fish bones were more abundant than in pre Norman deposits, and polled sheep skulls were common. The only biometrical change apparent from pre-Norman times was aslight reduction in the average size of sheep. Some broad comparisons are drawn with contemporaneous material from Lincoln.
- Report Number:
- 20/1986
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 30
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains
