Hello Matty,
The following may be of interest, it is a little
different from your assemblage as these animals are articulated, but I guess
there may be some parallels. I do not have a pdf but I could send you a hard
copy if you wish.
Best wishes,
Julia
Phillips, C. & Grassam, A. 2006. Archaeological Note: Animal carcasses
in a Roman ditch, West End, Haddenham, TL 4613 7552. Proceedings of the
Cambridge Antiquarian Society XCV:179-182
Julia Cussans Project Officer (Osteoarchaeology)
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Roman cemetery boundary
markers
Hi all
I have an interesting deposit of cattle bones from a 4th
century Roman cemetery site in Oxfordshire. They were apparently placed in an
alignment c.50m long and 30cm wide, that marked the boundary of the cemetery.
Although all skeletal elements are present, they do not seem to have been
articulated at the time of deposition, when they were simply laid out on the
ground.
I am putting this out there in case any of you have experience
of anything similar? A basic search of the literature suggests that there is
nothing obvious, but there is nothing like going straight to the specialists
themselves!!
Thanks
Matty
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