RETHINKING THE SMALL PIG HORIZON AT YORK MINSTER

Author: GERRARD, JAMES

Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 26, Number 3, August 2007 , pp. 303-307(5)

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Abstract:

Summary.

The small pig horizon within the headquarters building of the legionary fortress of Eboracum (York) is a unique assemblage of early post-Roman animal bones. Originally interpreted as evidence of an impoverished Dark Age community scratching out a living within the ruined fortress, reinterpretation of this deposit suggests that it may be evidence of the economic power of a post-Roman elite conspicuously consuming suckling pig, perhaps in an echo of high-status Roman dietary preferences.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2007.00286.x

Affiliations: 1: Pre-Construct Archaeology (London)Units 54 and 55Brockley Cross Business Centre96 Endwell RoadBrockleyLondon SE4 2PD

Publication date: 2007-08-01