Hi Jessica
I was on a couple of sites in London where we had knucklebone floors and Ive
looked at some leatherdressers' waste as well. I think that the knucklebone
floors were created from the tawyers' waste and indicate the presence of the
leatherdressing industry in the vicinity. Three examples from London were
all constructed with the distal articulations forming the surface rather
than the proximal articulations. A couple of references are below, the third
is not yet published. As well as the metapodials there may be structural
evidence and things like barrel-lined pits are good evidence of the
industry.
Divers, D. et al 2002. Post-medieval developments at 8 Tyers Gate. London
Archaeologist 10: 69-75.
Woolridge, K. 2003. The archaeology of 151-153 Bermondsey Street, Southwark.
Surrey Archaeological Collections 90: 181-210.
Also see Heard, K. 2000. A post-medieval tawyers' yard in Bermondsey.
London Archaeologist 9: 137-143.
Lisa
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>Reply-To: Jessica Grimm <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: [ZOOARCH] Sheep metapodials
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:50:25 -0000
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>Dear zooarch-members,
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>They just dumped a box of bone on my desk mainly containing sheep
>metapodials. The bones come from a test trench filled with 18th/19th
>century
>re-deposited material. Most metapodials are complete and derive from adult
>sheep (no goats so far I can tell). The bones do not have any cut or chop
>marks. Some characteristics:
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>Total amount of bones 133, of which 62 metacarpals, 65 metatarsals
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>30 left and 32 right metacarpals
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>40 left and 25 right metatarsals
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>Some clearly form pairs.
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>Metacarpus GL 102-157.5 mm
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>Metatarsus GL 116-154.5 mm
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>Any ideas what kind of activity would have produced this sort of
>assemblage?
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>Many thanks, Jessica
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