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 -- 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 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" >