ANIMAL BONES FROM JARROW. 3RD REPORT.
Author(s): B A Noddle
Nearly 6000 bone fragments were identified from this very disturbed and many contexted site, being only 60% of the total weight. They were divided into saxon, early medieval, general medieval and late medieval periods, the vast majority being general medieval. The usual species were present, cattle being the most numer-ous, but there many more fowl bones than on most sites of the period. The age range of the species, cattle in particular, suggests the development of an influential meat market in Jarrow. Average size of the meat animalsis greater than other medieval sites in Southern Britain and Northern Europe.
- Report Number:
- 80/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains Bird Bone
