ANIMAL BONES FROM THE IRON AGE SITE AT WARDY HILL, COVENEY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 1991 EXCAVATIONS
Author(s): Simon Davis
1381 hand recovered animal bones and teeth were identified and recorded from the late Iron Age site at Wardy Hill. Most belonged to sheep (50%), cattle (27%), pig (13%) and horse (4%) and a small number of other species. However, consideration of the teeth alone indicates that sheep were perhaps even more abundant with a sheep:cattle:pig ratio of the order 6:2:1. The rather high frequency of sheep is typical of many though not all Iron Age sites in England. The presence of several aquatic taxa including otter and pike attest to the wet environment. The sheep were small and slender-limbed and the majority were slaughtered within the first three years of life indicating that they were probably kept primarily for their meat.
- Report Number:
- 47/1999
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 38
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains Fish Bone
