Evidence for Romano-British bear skinning from Westward House, Fishbourne, West Sussex
Sussex Archaeological Collections, 155, 67-71 : Recent re-analysis of the zooarchaeological assemblage from Westward House, near Fishbourne Roman Palace, has identified butchered brown bear (Ursus arctos) remains. Cut marks across the first phalanx indicate that the animal had been skinned. This fin...
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Archaeology Data Service
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1086809 https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/details.xhtml?recordId=3213803 |
| Summary: | Sussex Archaeological Collections, 155, 67-71 : Recent re-analysis of the zooarchaeological assemblage from Westward House, near Fishbourne Roman Palace, has identified butchered brown bear (Ursus arctos) remains. Cut marks across the first phalanx indicate that the animal had been skinned. This finding is significant, as literary and zooarchaeological evidence for brown bear in the Roman period indicates that the animal was usually exploited for entertainment purposes; evidence for the skinning of the animal is rare. |
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