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We also have a cetacean from Brandon. Check Middle Saxon Animal Husbandry in East Anglia (East Anglian Archaeology 143). Pam Crabtree -----Original Message----- From: Christian Küchelmann Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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(Curle 1938) • Westray, Orkney (Rice 2011) • Scalloway, Shetland (Smith 1998) • Norwich cathedral (Curl 2006) (plus an unpublished find from an earls house in Norwich mentioned by Julie Curl to me personally) And that is most probably not all...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 -- KNOCHENARBEIT Hans Christian Küchelmann Diplom-Biologe Konsul-Smidt-Straße 30, D-28217 Bremen, Germany tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177 fax: +49 - 421 - 37 83 540 mail: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.knochenarbeit.de web: http://www.knochenarbeit-shop.de 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