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And there was an immature female brown bear found near the Military Amphitheater of Aquincum by Kyra Lyblyanovics. I don't think it was published though. Alice On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Christian Küchelmann <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Dear Jaqui, > > Alfred Galik found bear bones in an assemblage from the Amphitheatre of > Virunum. Here is the reference: > > Galik, Alfred (2004): Archäozoologische und kulturhistorische Aspekte der > Tierknochenvergesellschaftungen aus dem Amphitheater von Virunum. in: > Jernej, Renate & Gugl, Christian (eds.): Virunum. Das römische > Amphitheater. Die Grabungen 1998-2001, Archäologie Alpen Adria 4, 395-494, > Klagenfurt > > Best > > Christian > > ---- > > Am 08.09.2014 um 18:10 schrieb Jacqui Mulville: > > > Can anyone suggest suitable source to pursue for my contact? > > > > 'I was interested to know if there have been any finds of animal victims > of gladiatorial games. We know there were cemeteries for the human > casualties, and they have provided great insight into the health, physical > size and cause of death for those gladiators. I think it would be > tremendously exciting if we could do the same for animals, because it might > also give us information about the state of the species at that time. I’ve > heard it argued that the Romans came close to wiping out certain African > species because of the huge number of animals being collected for the > arena. I hope that makes sense, and I look forward to hearing more' > > > > Not sure about any evidence myself. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dr Jacqui Mulville > > [log in to unmask] > > > > Reader in Bioarchaeology, > > Cardiff Osteoarchaeology Research Group > > > > Guerilla Archaeology > > >