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Dear Hervé,

a skeleton of a mule has been recovered at the site of Kalkriese,  
Lower Saxony, Germany that has been interpreted as been buried below  
a collapsing ridge during a battle.

References are:
# Rost, Achim & Wilbers-Rost, Susanne (1993): Fragmente eines  
römischen Zugtieres mit Resten der Anschirrung. in: Schlüter,  
Wolfgang (ed.): Kalkriese – Römer im Osnabrücker Land –  
Archäologische Forschungen zur Varusschlacht, 199-209, Bramsche

# Uerpmann, Hans-Peter & Uerpmann, Margarethe (2007): Knochenfunde  
aus den Grabungen bis 2002 auf dem Oberesch in Kalkriese. – Kalkriese  
3, 108-113, 126-145

Best wishes.

Christian

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Am 21.09.2015 um 16:53 schrieb Hervé MONCHOT:

> Dear colleagues,
> I am looking for published cases of animal skeletons (cattle,  
> sheep, goat, equids, dog, camel etc. ) crushed found dead in situ  
> as a result of the collapse of a wall, a pediment, a column etc.
> Whatever the origins of this collapse and no matter the age and the  
> geographical location of the archaeological site, although I would  
> prefer the Mediterranean area and the Antiquity / Middle Age times.
> Many thanks in advance,
> Best,
> Hervé Monchot
>
> --------------------------------
> Labex RESMED - Université Paris 4 La Sorbonne
> UMR 8167 "Orient & Méditerranée"
>