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Artefacts & Environmental Evidence: The Animal & Fish Bone, Table 20

Table 20: Summary of butchery type by taxon and period from Blue Bridge Lane
Period Taxon wet bone split chop knife unbutchered Grand Total Unbutchered
Period 3 horse 3 5 2 2 47 59 80%
  cow 57 153 50 70 1725 2055 84%
  lm 448 309 157 183 6120 7217 85%
  pig 2 8 4 17 426 457 93%
  Caprovid 30 117 17 70 1228 1462 84%
  mm1 324 190 46 186 5797 6543 89%
  fowl     1 8 172 181 95%
  goose   1   13 55 69 80%
  Total 864 783 277 549 15570 18043 86%
Period 4 horse       0 2 2 100%
  cow 3 2 2 1 72 80 90%
  lm 22 7 4 1 175 209 84%
  pig   1   0 26 27 96%
  caprovid 1 5 1 1 53 61 87%
  mm1 25 4 1 0 262 292 90%
  fowl       0 7 7 100%
  Total 51 19 8 3 597 678 88%
Period 5+6 horse     1 1 9 11 82%
  cow 5 15 1 3 334 358 93%
  lm 70 21 16 12 1009 1128 89%
  pig 1     1 73 75 97%
  caprovid 2 5 2 2 157 168 93%
  mm1 22 24 11 18 842 917 92%
  fowl   2   0 19 21 90%
  goose       0 8 8 100%
  Total 100 67 31 37 2451 2686 91%
Period 7 horse     1 1 11 13 85%
  cow 3 7 1 3 198 212 93%
  lm 13 14 6 7 497 537 93%
  pig   1 1 0 29 31 94%
  caprovid 1 5 0 5 108 119 91%
  mm1 2 11 1 3 392 409 96%
  fowl   1   1 14 16 88%
  goose       0 5 5 100%
  Total 19 39 10 20 1254 1342 93%
Period 8 horse   1   1 15 22 68%
  cow 5 29 8 9 252 333 76%
  lm 17 50 20 20 711 891 80%
  pig   1 3 1 116 132 88%
  caprovid 1 29 3 5 224 281 80%
  mm1 21 37 11 16 860 1050 82%
  fowl       5 69 77 90%
  goose       1 9 10 90%
  Total 44 147 45 58 2256 2774 81%

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