Dear
Angela,
It is
an obvious question, but when you say 'removal', do you mean you have cut marks?
I only ask because the extremities of these skeletons can quite often be absent
either due to truncation or simply due to the fact that they were present but
not recovered, for whatever reason.
Kevin
Kevin Rielly
Archaeozoologist
Museum of London Specialist Services
Tel: 020 7566 9332
Fax: 020 7490 3955
http://www.molss.org.uk
Dear all
When discussing the Roman horse
burial discovered just to the south of Caesaromagus (in the 'Towns
of Roman Britain'), John Wacher states that it is common even today for
the hooves of a favourite animal to be saved and mounted as mementoes after
death. I am involved in the recording of a horse skeleton which has had the
phalanxes of the right fore leg removed and would like to have some other
examples of this practise to compare it with. Can anyone point me in the right
direction, please.
many thanks
Angela
Fitzpatrick