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Hi, if by that you mean Coturnix coturnix, as this is a wild native summer visitor, how would you know it was domestic? the recent improved ones and hybrids are bigger but RB?. As for Roman (and not saying wild or dom) - Parker 1988 The Birds of Roman Britain is a good starting point - 4 sites listed including York and Frocester. Of course there may be more now, but the trouble with these dinky species as you well know is recovery! Sheila SH-D ArchaeoZoology http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk All messages virus checked by ZoneAlarm ----- Original Message ----- From: WORLEY, Fay Louise To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 5:40 PM Subject: [ZOOARCH] quail domestication Dear all, Does anyone know the earliest date for domestic quail in the UK? Are there any Roman examples? Thanks and happy weekends Fay Fay Worley Zooarchaeologist English Heritage Fort Cumberland Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth PO4 9LD tel: 02392 856789 fax: 02392 856701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of English Heritage unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to English Heritage may become publicly available.