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RETHINKING THE SMALL PIG HORIZON AT YORK MINSTER
Author(s) -
GERRARD JAMES
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2007.00286.x
Subject(s) - fortress (chess) , reinterpretation , horizon , archaeology , elite , history , art , ancient history , aesthetics , physics , astronomy , politics , political science , law
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.