We also have a cetacean from Brandon. Check Middle Saxon Animal Husbandry in
East Anglia (East Anglian Archaeology 143). Pam Crabtree
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From: Christian Küchelmann
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Whale bones in archaeological sites
Dear Peter,
first you should consult Gardiner (1997) and Clark (1989, 87-109),
who give summaries of Cetacean finds in Britain and Ireland. Don't
miss Mulville (2002), MacGregor (1985, 177-178) and Redman (2004,
2010) either.
Additionally there are Cetacean finds from
• Freswick, Caithness (Curle 1938)
• Westray, Orkney (Rice 2011)
• Scalloway, Shetland (Smith 1998)
• Norwich cathedral (Curl 2006) (plus an unpublished find from an
earls house in Norwich mentioned by Julie Curl to me personally)
And that is most probably not all...
I can send you Rice (2011) as a pdf.
Best
Christian
References:
# Clark, Grahame (1989): Economic Prehistory, Cambridge
# Curl, Julie (2006): Animal, bird and fish bone. in: Wallis, Heather
(ed.): Excavations on the site of Norwich Cathedral Refectory
2001-3,, East Anglian Archaeology Report 116, 74-78, Norwich
# Curle, Alexander O. (1938): A Viking settlement at Freswick,
Caithness. Report on the excavations carried out in 1937 and 1938. –
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 73, 71-110, pl.
38-50
# Gardiner, Mark (1997): The Exploitation of Sea-Mammals in Medieval
England: Bones and their Social Context. – Archaeological Journal
154, 173-195
# MacGregor, Arthur (1985): Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn – The
Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period, Oxford
# Mulville, Jacqui (2002): The Role of Cetacea in Prehistoric and
Historic Atlantic Scotland. – International Jounal of
Osteoarchaeology 12, 24-48
# Redman, Nicholas (2004): Whales' Bones of the British Isles,
Teddington
# Redman, Nicholas (2010): Whales’ Bones of the British Isles,
Supplement 2004-2010, Teddington
# Rice, Sean (2011): Links of Noltland, Westray. Prehistoric Worked
Bone from Orkney, poster presented at the 8th meeting of the ICAZ
Worked Bone Research Group Salzburg 29.8. - 3.9.2011, Salzburg
# Smith, A. N. (1998): Worked bone and antler. in: Sharples, Niall
(ed.): Scalloway: A Broch, Late Iron Age Settlement and Medieval
Cemetary in Shetland, Oxbow Monograph 82, Oxford
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Am 19.09.2012 um 22:21 schrieb Peter Wilson:
> Hi folks,
> A broad request here: I'm currently trying to get an idea of the
> distribution and frequency of cetacean remains in archaeological sites in
> Britain and Ireland, dating to any time before 1500AD. Essentially, from
> looking around I have gathered that in looking at the well known stuff -
> such as Flixborough - I am only scratching the surface. If anyone can
> think of any sources that even refer to as little as a single chunk of
> cetacean bone in a site from Britain or Ireland - or know of any relevant
> unpublished finds - I would be extremely grateful for the information.
> Thanks, and apologies for cross-posting,
> Peter
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