Following on Philip's response, those examples are also mentioned in
Napier, P. H. & Jenkins, P. D. 1997. Part 4: Monkey skull and mandible of the
Iron Age found at site B. In Waterman, D. M., Excavations at Navan Fort
1961-71. Belfast, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Northern
Ireland Archaeological Monographs, No. 3. Pp. 120-121.
Raftery, B. 1997. Part 5: Implications of the monkey bones from site B. In
Waterman, D. M., Excavations at Navan Fort 1961-71. Belfast, Department of the
Environment for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Archaeological Monographs,
No. 3. Pp. 121-124.
Raftery's section is quite a useful reference in terms of discussing the
presence of Barbary ape in the Mediterranean prior to the Medieval period, but
it also mentions a Medieval find at Hitzacker, Lower Saxony referenced as Kocks
1978, 197. I'm afraid I don't have the bibliography which covers that, so
can't give a fuller reference.
Mandy Jay
Quoting plarmitage <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Ellen,
> Some years back, whilst researching the jawbone of a capuchin monkey
> from a 17th-century deposit in London, I came across the following
> references to identified remains of Macaca sylvanus
>
> 1) skull & clavicle from Cuckoo Lane, Southampton (late 13th cent.)
> published by Barbara Noddle (1975) in C.Platt & R.Coleman-Smith "Excavations
> in Medieval Southampton 1953 - 1969" pp. 332-340.
> 2) skull & skeleton from Joymount, Carrickfergus, N.Ireland (c. AD1400)
> unpublished report by Mrs. Prudence Napier, British Museum (Natural History)
> Osteology Room General Letter Files: 1975-16; 1976-26;1977-17 (these files
> also include details of specimens from Romano-British sites).
>
> I hope the above proves helpful.
>
> Although not directly relevant to your medieval find, other
> zooarch.researchers might like to have the details of the short article on
> the capuchin find, which appeared in the Spring 1983 vol.4 No.10 issue of
> The London Archaeologist pp.262-270.
>
> Best Regards from Philip Armitage
>
>
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] Medieval Monkeys
>
>
> Dear Zooarch,
> Does anybody out there know of any finds of medieval monkey or ape remains
> from Europe? We are investigating the find of a skull from medieval deposits
> near Novgorod, Russia, and would be interested in hearing of any similar
> finds, of similar date, from elsewhere in Europe. All references gratefully
> received.
> Many thanks,
> Ellie
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