THE ANIMAL BONES FROM THE 1982-1983 EXCAVATIONS AT EASTON LANE INTERCHANGE (W29), HANTS.
Author(s): J M Maltby
The excavations produced over 4,000 fragments using normal retrieval techniques and 1,800 fragments from wetsieved samples. The material dated from the Late Neolithic upto the Medieval Period but the Neolithic andBronze Age deposits produced very little data. The Iron Age and Romano-British samples came from deposits associated with the same settlement complex as Winnall Down. The Easton Lane excavations produced further evidence of intra-site variability. The analysis confirmed that sheep and cattle were the most important species exploited and that pigs were poorly represented. Bones of horses were comparatively well represented and they continued to be exploited for meat in the early Romano-British period. This contrasts withthe Roman assemblages from the nearby town of Winchester which have produced much fewer horse bones. The butchery techniques at Easton Lane/ Winnall Down continued to follow traditional Iron Age methods, whereas the butchery of cattle carcasses at Winchester was quite different. No bones of domestic fowl were found in these excavations, whereas they have been found consistently in samples from Winchester. Sieving of the Iron Age deposits produced bones of fish, probably of freshwater species. SUMMARY ABBREVIATED.
- Report Number:
- 7/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 14
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains Fish Bone
