ANIMAL BONES FROM THE IRON AGE SITE AT EDIX HILL, BARRINGTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 1989-1991 EXCAVATIONS
Author(s): Simon Davis
Almost 700 hand-recovered animal bones and teeth were identified and recorded from the late Iron Age site at Barrington. Most derive from pits and ditches and belonged to sheep (50%), cattle (26%), pig (15%) and horse (5%) and a small number of other species. The low frequency of pig suggests most of the inhabitants of Barrington were perhaps of lowly status.The sheep were small and slender-limbed and the majority were slaughtered within the first two years of life indicating that they were probably kept primarily for their meat. The assemblage includes an exceptionally small dog mandible and a pony lower premolar tooth (P2) with an anomalous bevelled front corner. Apart from a higher proportion of juvenile lambs in the pits, there was little difference between the faunal assemblages from pits and ditches and it seems most likely that the pits were simply filled with rubbish after their use was discontinued.
- Report Number:
- 54/1995
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 31
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains
