Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 3309-3325Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.032
Keywords
Domestic livestock; Breeding; London; Medieval; Post-medieval
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This study presents the analysis of 7966 individual cattle, sheep, pig and domestic hen bone measurements from 105 sites excavated in London dating to the period AD 1220-1900. Multiple episodes of size change are identified, although the speed and timing varies by species. The earliest evidence for size change in cattle and sheep occurs in the early 14th century and may be connected to the need to restock livestock populations following the outbreaks of murrain in the first half of that century. Subsequent size increases in livestock size may have occurred as a combined consequence of agricultural innovations in the wake of the Black Death, the increasing commercialisation of animal farming, as the meat requirements of an expanding London grew, and the rise of the ethic of improvement. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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