Hi Carol,
This may be useful:
Van Damme, D. and Ervynck, A. "Medieval Ferrets and Rabbits in the Castle
of Laarne (East Flanders, Belgium). A Contribution to the History of a
Predator and its Prey", in Bodson, L. ed., Contributions à l'histoire de la
domestication. Journée d'étude - Université de Liège, 2 mars 1991, Liège,
University of Liège, 1992, pp. 57-68 (Colloques d'histoire des
connaissances zoologiques, 3).
All the best,
Aleks
On Sep 10 2009, Carol White wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>As with the bird queries a couple of days ago, we are excavating a
>small medieval (12th/14th century date range) manor house in
>Ovingdean, East Sussex. We have identified a ferret skull, mandibles
>and a section of a further maxilla, together with possible vertebra -
>i.e. two animals.
>
>Does anyone know of any other incidences of ferrets in medieval
>contexts? These bones were located in a cellar area (approx. 1m below
>the surface) with deposits of sheep (MNI 7 to date) and dog (MNI 3 to
>date) bones, together with the aforesaid birds, and also rodent
>remains.
>
>BW
>
>Carol
>Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society
>
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