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
>
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