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West Stow, Suffolk: Early Anglo-Saxon Animal Husbandry

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The animal bones from West Stow represent one of the largest and best preserved faunal assemblages that has been analysed in Britain to date. Approximately two tons of animal bone is studied for its contribution to early Anglo-Saxon husbandry and hunting practices, by showing species ratios, kill-patterns and butchery practices. The West Stow subsistence system is argued to have adaptability as its outstanding characteristics, followed by continuity with pre-Saxon animal husbandry patterns in Britain. Implications for the effect of the Adventus Saxonum are discussed from this zooarchaeological evidence.

Author(s): Pam J. Crabtree
Series: East Anglian Archaeology, 47
Publisher: Suffolk County Planning Department
Year: 1989

Language: English
Pages: 124
City: Ipswich

Contents v
List of Plates v
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
Foreword and Acknowledgements ix
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. The Composition of the Faunal Assemblage 6
Chapter 3. Measurement 29
Chapter 4. Ageing 69
Chapter 5. Butchery and Other Cut Marks on Bone 97
Chapter 6. Conclusions 106
Endnotes 109
Bibliography 110
Index 113