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Hi Sylvia, I think that there is some uncertainty about the introduction of rabbits now. Hasn't someone fairly recently found butchered rabbit in Roman contexts? Sorry I don't have any references to this but if anyone does have more information, or can confirm that Roman rabbits are an unfounded rumour I would also be interested. Fay Fay Worley Zooarchaeologist English Heritage Fort Cumberland Fort Cumberland Road Eastney Portsmouth PO4 9LD tel: 02392 856789 fax: 02392 856701 -----Original Message----- From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sylvia Warman Sent: 20 March 2008 08:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ZOOARCH] rabbits and hares in Britain Dear All Just after an update on the introduction of rabbits and hares to Britain. My understanding is that The mountain hare Lepus timidus <http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jobj/runjava.jobj?java=ctol.CTOLServer&method= printNamePage&accountref=987&NAMEID=31365&backtolisttype=search&searchli stvalue=artic%20hare> is that the only true British native lagomorph. The brown hare Lepus europaeus <http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jobj/runjava.jobj?java=ctol.CTOLServer&method= printNamePage&accountref=987&NAMEID=1150&backtolisttype=search&searchlis tvalue=artic%20hare> being a ?Roman introduction. And the rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus <http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jobj/runjava.jobj?java=ctol.CTOLServer&method= printNamePage&accountref=987&NAMEID=1436&backtolisttype=search&searchlis tvalue=rabbit> being a Norman introduction. Many Thanks and Happy Easter Sylvia Sylvia Warman Environmental Officer Direct Line 01285 772 618 Cotswold Archaeology Building 11 Kemble Enterprise Park Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 6BQ T: 01285 771022 F: 01285 771033 E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> W: www.cotswoldarch.org.uk <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\sylvia.warman\users$\sarah.balchi n\www.cotswoldarch.org.uk> (c) Cotswold Archaeology: a Limited Company Registered in England No.2362531. Registered Charity No. 1001653 Privilege and Confidentiality Notice. This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for sole use of the intended recipient. They may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital copies and destroy any paper copies. Thank you. This message has been scanned by MailController <http://www.mailcontroller.altohiway.com/> . ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 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.