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love the idea! ditch decking and logrolls, the ultimate garden must-have for archzoos! Sheila SH-D ArchaeoZoology http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk/ All mail virus and spam checked ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry O'Connor" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Cattle metapodia in linear structures > This vague recollection probably isn't much help, because I think the > site was never published! However, quite a lot of years ago (probably > mid-1980s), a small excavation in York uncovered what appeared to be a > post-medieval garden area, the 'beds' of which were neatly edged with > cattle metapodials stuck vertically into the ground. I cannot now recall > whether they were predominantly proximal or distal end upwards. Perhaps > the familiar modern log-roll is just a skeuomorph of cattle-metapodial > edging?! > > Terry > > *********************************** > Prof Terry O'Connor > Department of Archaeology > University of York > Kings Manor > York YO1 7EP > http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/OConnor.htm > Editor, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5488 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of S H-D > Sent: 30 June 2005 16:14 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Cattle metapodia in linear structures > > > Hi all, Jennifer Bourdillon did a an AML report on a floor in Hampshire > - Bourdillon J. (1990) An assemblage mainly of cattle metapodial bones > from the floor at King John's House, Romsey, Hampshire., AML report > 114/90 this floor was 17th/19th, good description and loads of measures, > I have a grotty copy if anyone can't get it. Sheila SH-D ArchaeoZoology > http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk/ All mail virus and spam checked > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacqui Mulville" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:34 PM > Subject: [ZOOARCH] Cattle metapodia in linear structures > > > Please reply to Margaret and zooarch. > > Dear all, > Ongoing excavations at a post-medieval site in the centre of Cork city > have revealed curious lines of upright cattle metapodia that are > arranged in rows across a substantial area of the site. In most > instances the distal portion of the bone faces upright and despite an > initial suspicion that there was a certain patterning in the arrangement > of meatacarpals and metatarsals, this does not now prove to be the case. > In one area the bones enclose a square area * almost like box hedging > for herb gardening! > > I seem to recall on line discussions about this bone phenomenon before * > anybody out there can point me to some references or explanations for > such a configuration of metapodia? > > > Looking forward to your responses! > > > Margaret McCarthy > > PS > There are pictures available of the finds and I have already mentioned > our IA scottish hearth surrounds (Mulville, J. et al 2003 Quarters, > Arcs and > Squares: Human and Animal Remains in the Hebridean Late Iron Age. ed J. > Downes and A. Ritchie Sea Change: Orkney and Northern Europe in the > later Iron Age AD 300-800 The pinkfoot press, Balgavies, Angus) > > Jacqui