Hi Philip
I've uploaded a copy of my PhD onto zoobook. Chapter 7 deals with
Romano-British deposits, and you may also want to look at chapters 11
and 12. I've also uploaded some other files that you may be interested in.
cheers
Jim
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> Dear Colleagues,
> I am currently working on bone assemblages from Roman contexts
> excavated at Chichester (Sussex). Among the faunal remains are three
> sheep burials (articulated skeletons) - all of them female ewes. The
> dates range from 1st to late 3rd century AD.
>
> Phase 3 (AD43 to 70) polled ewe aged c. 6 to 8 yrs
> Phase 6 (3rd cent.AD) polled ewe aged c.3 to 4 yrs
> Phase 7 (late 3rd) female polled lamb c.1 to 2 yrs
>
> All burials were located in an area of the site that by the 3rd
> century had a property that may have been a brothel. In the same area
> there were many human neonate burials.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion as to why polled ewes apparently were
> chosen (?) for placing in foundations?
>
> Thanks
> With Best Wishes,
> Philip
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