Accession No
Z 30517 D
Description
Fragments of bone and tooth from multiple animals; one human tooth and possible human phalanx. Bones include long bones, vertebrae, phalanges, scapulae and ribs and come from animals of various sizes including cattle, sheep, rodents and possible fish; one section of pig mandible with teeth and one of sheep or goat; teeth from pigs, horse, sheep and cattle; some evidence of burning. 575 pieces present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Castle Hill; Gloucester Street
Period
Roman
Source
Browne, David M. [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 30517 D; GS70 25 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Tooth; ?Human Bone; Human Tooth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Analysis)
Cf. 1974.106-107, 1974.112, 1974.123, 1974.130-131, 1974.227-235, 1974.237-239
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
From Roman site.
Deposit: GV Top -
Event Date 1970
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Gloucester Street, Castle Hill excavations at 10 Gloucester Street (Event no. ECB4933) and at the corner with Castle Street (Event no. ECB4934), 1970 by David Browne. See archive for (GO3/3/35 and Doc.500).
Event Date 1970
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card Z 30517 [A-D]: 'Sherds of Samian colour-coated painted and coarse ware (including large storage jar); pieces of animal-bones and Tooth, oyster- (end other aquatic) and snail-shells'
Event Date 1974
Author: maa
Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 16, Map I
Event Date 1974
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Fragments of bone and tooth from multiple animals; one human tooth and possible human phalanx. Bones include long bones, vertebrae, phalanges, scapulae and ribs and come from animals of various sizes including cattle, sheep, rodents and possible fish; one section of pig mandible with teeth and one of sheep or goat; teeth from pigs, horse, sheep and cattle. 575 pieces present.
Event Date 6/5/2022
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:296384
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