THE ANIMAL BONES FROM THE LATER ROMAN PHASES FROM WINCHESTER NORTHERN SUBURBS: 1: THE UNSIEVED SAMPLES FROM VICTORIA ROAD TRENCHES X -XVI.
Author(s): J M Maltby
21,000 fragments from 3rd-4th Century AD deposits in an area of extra-mural activity were recorded. In addition over 5,000 fragments from soil samples will be discussed in a separate report. The principal results of the analysis were as follows :-1) The area was used at various times for the dispersal of large amounts of butchery and bone working waste. 2) The methods of cattle carcase processing were intensive, systematic and quite different from those encountered on the contemporary rural site at Owslebury. 3) Most pigs and sheep represented were larger animals than those kept at Owslebury. 4)Horses seem to have been less important as a meat resource in Winchester, whereas pigs and domestic fowl may have been more important than in most contemporary rural sites in the area. 5) There were more pronounced peaks in the favoured ages of culling of the various major domestic species than on rural Romano-British settlements in Hampshire. The results provide a sound basis for the investigation of further samples from Roman Winchester. Inter-site comparisons of faunal data are beginning to provide information about the organisation of Romano-British animal husbandry, carcase processing and meat redistribution.
- Report Number:
- 125/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 31
- Keywords:
- Animal Bone Animal Remains
