This volume in the Cyrene series contains sections on the assorted small finds (bronzes, iron, etc.), the glass, and the faunal remains. All add interesting information into the uses and ritual practices at the Sanctuary.University Museum Monograph, 67

The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya, Final Reports IV: The Small Finds, the Glass, the Faunal Analysis

Arts & Photography

Oliver, Andrew

Crabtree, Pamela

Warden, P. Gregory

Monge, Janet

History & Criticism

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

This comparative study of three large Middle Saxon faunal  assemblages from eastern England includes the animal bone remains  from the estate centres of Brandon in western Suffolk and Wicken  Bonhunt in north-western Essex, and the faunal remains recovered  from a number of sites within the town of Ipswich. In Middle  Saxon times Ipswich served as an emporium, a centre of  craft production and regional and international trade. All three  sites produced large faunal assemblages that were analysed using  standard archaeozoological methods. Individual bones were  identified to species and body part; the bones were examined for  traces of butchery and pathology; ages at death were determined  on the basis of dental eruption and wear and epiphyseal fusion of  the long bones; and measurements were recorded when possible.  Species ratios, mortality profiles and osteometric data suggest  that the inhabitants of Brandon were engaged in specialised wool  production. Unlike most other Anglo-Saxon sites, the Middle Saxon  features at Wicken Bonhunt produced large numbers of pig bones.  The residents of the site may have been engaged in large-scale  pork production, and the limited evidence from the late  6th-to-7th century features at the site suggest that specialised  pork production may have begun at the site in the later part of  the Early Saxon period. Brandon and Wicken Bonhunt also produced  rich assemblages of wild birds, including water birds and waders.  The Middle Saxon sites from Ipswich yielded a much less diverse  bird assemblage. The inhabitants of Ipswich appear to have been  provisioned with beef and mutton from the surrounding  countryside, but the ageing data indicate that some pigs may have  been raised within the town itself. The results are compared to  the faunal assemblages that have been recovered from other Early  and Middle Saxon sites in eastern England.

Middle Saxon Animal Husbandry in East Anglia (East Anglian Archaeology Monograph)

History

Europe

East Anglian Archaeology

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