You beat me to it...and we have the bone here at the CAU! I still find
the butchered cats from medieval Cambridge contexts. Mandibles and
skulls with cut marks are particularly lovely.
My best to all,
Vida
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On 2018-07-13 16:08, Marta Moreno García wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> You can have a look at the paper I published with Rosemary Luff in
> 1995 entitled "Killing cats in the medieval period. An unusual episode
> in the history of Cambridge, England". Archaeofauna 4, pp.93-114.
> Figure 18 shows three cat scapulae with chop marks through their
> necks.
>
> Here it is the link:
>
>
> https://www.academia.edu/1061079/LUFF_R._M._MORENO-GARC%C3%8DA_M._1995_._Killing_cats_in_the_Medieval_Period._An_unusual_episode_in_the_history_of_Cambridge_England._Archaeofauna_4_93-114
> [6]
>
> Best,
> Marta
>
> El 13/07/2018 a las 15:49, Julia Cussans escribió:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Does anyone know of any examples of butchered cat scapulae? Any
>> references, images, thoughts welcome. My instincts tell me that this
>> is an unlikely occurrence given that the main reason for finding
>> butchery marks on cat bones would be as a result of skinning and
>> that scapulae would be unlikely to be affected, but I just thought
>> I'd ask.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Julia
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