ANIMAL BONES FROM EXCAVATIONS AT LEWTHWAITES LANE, CROWN & ANCHOR LANE AND OLD BUSH LANE, THE LANES, CARLISLE, 1982

Author(s): S Stallibrass

This is the second of two archive reports for the five sites that will be covered in Volume 1 of the publication report on The Lanes. The excavations at Lewthwaites Lane etc. recovered material dating mainly from the earlier Roman (first/second centuries AD) and the Medieval (12th/13th centuries) periods. During the Roman period, the area was part of the civilian settlement and the animal bones will form a contrast to the large quantities of material already recovered from military and quasi-military areas of the city. The material from Lewthwaites Lane etc. consists mainly of domestic bone waste and refuse from cattle, sheep and pigs. No goat bones were identified. Bones of other species such as birds, deer and fish are relatively scarce. Cattle bones dominate the Roman collection, but less so than in the military areas of the city. The cattle are very similar morphologically to those from the military areas, but the age distribution is different, consisting almost entirely of mature adults, with very few juveniles or sub-adults. The sheep and pig bones are predominantly from young animals. The collection closely resembles that from Old Grapes Lane. An isolated mandible of a bear was recovered from a 12th/13th century post-trench. This jaw may have been a curiosity, kept from a dancing bear.

Report Number:
82/1992
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
48
Keywords:
Animal Bone Animal Remains

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