Dear Kevin,
See if you can get hold of a copy of Fay Worley’s PhD thesis (University of Bradford), I think it should be available electronically. She looked at animal cremations. I am not sure if Fay is currently on the
zooarch list as she is off on maternity leave. If you have any trouble getting hold of it let me know as I may be able to help you out a little more when I am at Fort Cumberland next week.
Best wishes,
Julia
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of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Kevin Rielly
Sent: 03 February 2020 12:02
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Early Bronze Age cremations with animal bones
Dear All,
I have a concentrated group of calcined bones, making up most of the fill of a small pit, from a site in Cambridgeshire well dated to the EBA. While I have calcined cattle (a 2nd phalange) and sheep/goat (radius, 2 ulnas and
a 2nd phalange), there don’t appear to be any human bones. I cannot completely discount the possibility of hearth waste but the placement and the degree of burning seem to suggest they do represent a cremation, albeit animal rather than human or
human/animal. Has anyone come across something similar, specifically referring to an animal cremation? Either in Britain or Europe, the same date as this one preferably but I’d welcome any comparisons with later prehistory.
All the best
Kevin
Kevin Rielly
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